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NEW  HAVEN,  CONN. 


BULLETIN  223  OCTOBER,  1920 


Fertilizer  Report  for  1920 

By  E.  H.  JENKINS,  Director,  and 

E.  MONROE  BAILEY,  Chemist  in  Charge 

of  the  Analytical  Laboratory. 


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CONNECTICUT  AGRICULTURAL  EXPERIMENT  STATION. 

OFFICERS  AND  STAFF 
October  31,   1920. 


BOARD  OF  CONTROL. 
His  Excellency,  Marcus  H.  Holcomb,  ex-officio,  President. 

James  H.  Webb,  Vice  President Hamden 

George  A.  Hopson,  Secretary New  Haven 

E.  H.  Jenkins,  Director  and  Treasurer New  Haven 

Joseph  W.  Alsop Avon 

Charles  R.  Treat Orange 

Elijah  Rogers Southington 

William  H.  Hall South  WiUington 

STAFF. 
Administration.  E.  H.  Jenkins,  Ph.D.,  Director  and  Treasurer. 

Miss  V.  E.  Cole,  Librarian  and  Stenographer. 

Miss  L.  M.  Bb.^utlecht,  Bookkeeper  and  Stenographer. 

WiLLi.^M  Veitch,  In  charge  of  Buildings  and  Grounds. 
Chemistry. 
Analytical  Laboratory.  E.  Monkob  B.uley,  Ph.D.,  Chemist  in  Charge. 

R.  E.  Andrew,  M.A.  1 

C.  E.  Shepakd,  H.  D.  Edmond,  B.S.,    I    Assistant  Chemists. 

Owen  L.  Nolan,  I 

Frank  Sheldon,  Laboratory  Assistant. 

v.  L.  Churchill,  Sampling  Agent. 

Miss  A.  H.  Moss,  Clerk. 


Protein  Research. 


Botany. 


Entomology. 


Forestry. 


Plant  Breeding. 
Vegetable  Growing. 


T.  B.  OsBOBNB,  Ph.D.,  D.Sc,  Chemist  in  Charge. 

G.  P.  Clinton,  Sc.D.,  Botanist. 

E.  M.  Stoddard,  B.S.,  Assistant  Botanist. 

Miss  Florence  A.  McCormick,  Ph.D.,  Scientific  Assistant. 

G.  E.  Graham,  General  Assistant. 

Mrs.  Iu  D.  Kelsey,  Stenographer. 

W.  E.  Britton,  Ph.D.,  Entomologist;  State  Entoinologist. 

B.  H.  Walden,  B.Agr.,  John  T.  Ashworth,  I  Assistaiit 

M.  P.  Zappe,  B.S.,  Philip  Garman,  Ph.D.,  '     Entomologists. 
Samuel  T.  Sealy,  Deputy  in  Charge  of  Mosquito  Control. 
Miss  Gladys  M.  Finlet,  Stenographer . 

Walter  O.  Filley,  Forester,  also  State  Forester  and 

State  Forest  Fire  Warden. 
A.  E.  Moss,  M.F.,  Assistant  State  and  Station  Forester. 
H.  W.  Hicock,  M.F.,  AssistaiU  Forester. 
Miss  Pauline  A.  Merchant,  Stenographer. 

Donald  F.  Jones,  S.D.,  Plant  Breeder. 

C.  D.  HuBBELL,  Assistant. 


Press  of 
The  Wilson  H.  Lee  Company 


Report  on  Commercial  Fertilizers,  1920. 


By  E.  H,  Jenkins,  Director,  and  E.  M.  Bailey, 
Chemist  in  Charge  of  the  Analytical  Laboratory. 


In  1920,  sixty-seven  individuals  and  firms  registered  for  sale  in 
this  State  502  brands  of  commercial  fertilizers,  classified  as  follows : 

Nitrogenous  superphosphates 364 

Cotton  seed  meal  and  castor  pomace 103 

Other  chemicals  and  unmixed  materials 41 


508 

The  law  requires  that  a  list  of  the  registered  brands  shall  be 
published  annually. 

The  following  is  such  a  list  of  all  brands  of  fertilizers  registered 
for  sale  in  this  State  between  January  1  and  December  31,  1920. 

Brands  Registered  for  the  Fiscal  Year  Ending  Dec.  31,  1920. 

Alpha  Portland  Cement  Co.,  Easton,  Pa. 

Alpha  Potash-Lime  Fertilizer 

American  Ag'l  Chemical  Co.,  2  Rector  St.,  New  York  City 

14%  Acid  Phosphate 
16%  Acid  Phosphate 
Ammoniated  Fertilizer  A 
Ammoniated  Fertilizer  AA 
Ammoniated  Fertilizer  AAA 
Ammoniated  Fertilizer  AAAA 
Ammoniated  Fertilizer  VX 
Basic  Lime  Phosphate 
Bone-Phosphate  and  Potash 
Castor  Pomace 
Cereal  and  Root  Fertilizer 
Double  A  Tobacco  Fertilizer 
Dry  Ground  Fish 
-  Fine  Ground  Bone 
Fish  and  Potash 
Five  Eight  Fertihzer 
Grass  and  Lawn  Top  Dressing 
Grass  and  Oats  Fertilizer 
High  Grade  Acid  Phosphate 
High  Grade  Ground  Bone 
Monarch  Potato  Manure 
Nitrate  of  Soda 
Pulverized  Sheep  Manure 
Special  Vegetable  Fertilizer 
Sure  Growth  Phosphate  Revised 


4  CONNECTICUT   EXPERIMENT   STATION   BULLETIN   223. 

Tobacco  Special 

Universal  Phosphate 

Bradley's  Alkaline  Bone  with  Potash 

Bradley's  B.  D.  Guano 

Bradley's  Corn  Phosphate 

Bradley's  Half  Century  Fertilizer  Revised 

Bradley's  New  Method  Fertilizer 

Bradley's  Patent  Superphosphate  Revised 

Bradley's  Potato  Fertilizer 

Bradley's  Potato  Manure 

Bradley's  Root  Crop  Manure 

Bradley's  Special  Bay  State 

Bradleys  Special  Corn  Phosphate  without  Potash 

Bradley's  Special  Potato  Fertilizer  without  Potash 

Bradley's  Special  Potato  Manure  without  Potash 

Bradley's  Unicorn 

Bradley's  Valley  Tobacco  Fertilizer 

Bradley's  X  L  Superphosphate  of  Lime 

E.  I.  Black  Hawk  Potato  and  Truck  Fertilizer 

E.  I.  Corn  King  Revised 

E.  I.  Economizer  Phosphate 

E.  I.  Mayflower 

E.  I.  Tobacco  Fertilizer 

E.  I.  Unexcelled  Fertilizer  Revised 

G.  E.  General 

G.  E.  Northern  Corn  Special  1920 

G.  E.  Potato  Manure  1920 

Packers'  Union  Animal  Corn  Fertilizer 

Packers'  Union  Potato  Manure  1920 

Packers'  Union  Universal  Fertilizer  1920 

Quin.  Ammoniated  Dissolved  Phosphate 

Quin.  Climax  Phosphate 

Quin.  Corn  Manure 

Quin.  Phosphate 

Quin.  Potato  Phosphate 

Quin.  Potato  Manure 

Quin.  Spl.  Corn  Manure  without  Potash 

Quin.  Spl.  Potato  Phosphate  without  Potash 

Quin.  Wrapper  Leaf  Brand  Tobacco  Manure  Revised 

Wheeler's  Corn  Fertilizer 

Wheeler's  Cuban  Tobacco  Grower 

Wheeler's  Potato  Manure  1920 

Williams  &  Clark's  Americus  Ammoniated  Bone  Superphosphate 

Williams  &  Clark's  Americus  H.  G.  Spl.  Revised 

Williams  &  Clark's  Americus  Corn  Phosphate 

Williams  &  Clark's  Americus  Potato  Manure 

Williams  &  Clark's  Matchless  Fertilizer 

Wilhams  &  Clark's  Meadow  Queen  Fertilizer 

Williams  &  Clark's  Potato  Phosphate 

Williams  &  Clark's  Prolific  Fertilizer 

Williams  &  Clark's  Seed  Leaf  Tobacco  Manure  Revised 

Williams  &  Clark's  Spl.  Americus  Corn  Phosphate  without  Potash 

Williams  &  Clark's  Spl.  Americus  Potato  Manure  without  Potash 

American  Nitro-Phospho  Corporation,  80  Lafayette  St.,  New  York  City 

Phosphogerm  (Inoculated  Organic) 

Apothecaries  Hall  Co.,  Waterbury,  Conn. 

Acid  Phosphate 
Castor  Pomace 
Consolidated  Rendering  Co.'s  Steamed  Bone 


REGISTERED   BRANDS. 

Fish 

Liberty  Corn,  Fruit  and  All  Crops 

Liberty  Market  Gardeners'  Special 

Liberty  Market  Gardeners'  Special  (Potash) 

Liberty  Potato  and  Vegetable  Special 

Liberty  Sheep  Manure 

Liberty  Tobacco  Special 

Liberty  Tobacco  Special  (Potash) 

Liberty  Top  Dresser  for  Grass  and  Grain 

Nitrate  of  Soda 

Raw  Ground  Phosphate  Rock 

Tankage 

Armour  Fertilizer  Works,  305  Broadway,  New  York  City. 
Armour's  Acid  Phosphate  Fertilizer 
Armour's  Bone  Meal 
Armour's  Cereal  Special  No.  1  Fertilizer 
Armour's  Cereal  Special  No.  2  Fertilizer 
Armour's  Cereal  Special  No.  3  Fertilizer 
Armour's  Complete  Potato  Fertilizer 
Armour's  Crop  Grower 
Armour's  4-10-0  Fertilizer 
Armour's  4-8-5  Fertilizer 
Armour's  Gardeners'  Choice  Fertilizer 
Armour's  General  Crop  Fertilizer  • 

Armour's  Grain  Grower  Fertilizer 
Armour's  Nitrate  of  Soda 

Armour's  Potato,  Onion  and  Vegetable  Fertilizer 
Armour's  Sheep  Manure 

Armour's  Spl.  Tobacco  Grower  No.  2  Fertilizer 
Armour's  Super-Grade  Potato  Mixture  Fertilizer 
Armour's  Tobacco  Special  Fertilizer 
Armour's  Tobacco  Special  Fertilizer  (5-4-3) 
Armour's  Wheat  and  Clover  Fertilizer 
Bidwell's  Formula 

Ashcraft-Wilkinson  Company,  Candler  Building,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Paramount  Brand  Good  Cotton  Seed  Meal 

Atlantic  Packing  Co.,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Atlantic  Fine  Bone  Meal 
Atlantic  Grain  Fertilizer 
Atlantic  Potato  Phosphate 
Atlantic  Special  Vegetable 
Atlantic  3-8-3 
Atlantic  Tobacco  Grower 
Atlantic  Tobacco  Special 
Atlantic  2-8 
Atlantic  2-8-3 
Atlantic  4-8 
Dry  Ground  Fish 
Ground  Tankage 
Nitrate  of  Soda 

Baker  Castor  Oil  Co.,  120  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

Castor  Pomace 

Barrett  Company,  17  Battery  Place,  New  York  City. 

Arcadian  Sulphate  of  Ammonia 

Berkshire  Fertilizer  Co.,  Bridgeport,  Conn. 

Berkshire  Ammoniated  Bone  Phosphate 
Berkshire  Complete  Fertilizer 


6  CONNECTICUT  EXPERIMENT  STATION  BULLETIN  223. 

Berkshire  Complete  Tobacco 

Berkshire  Dry  Ground  Fish 

Berkshire  Economical  Grass  Fertilizer 

Berkshire  Fine  Ground  Bone 

Berkshire  Grass  Special 

Berkshire  Long  Island  Special 

Berkshire  Mai-ket  Garden  Fertilizer 

Berkshire  Potato  and  Vegetable  Phosphate 

Berkshire  Tobacco  Grower 

Berkshire  Tobacco  Starter 

Acid  Phosphate 

Castor  Pomace 

Nitrate  of  Soda 

Sheep  Manure 

Boardman,  F.  E.,  Middletown,  Conn, 

Boardman's  Fertilizer  for  General  Crops 

Bowker  Fertilizer  Company,  60  Trinity  Place,  New  York  City. 
Bowker's  All  Round  Fertilizer 
Bowker' s  Conn.  Valley  Tobacco  Fertilizer 
Bowker's  Corn,  Grain  and  Grass  Phosphate 
Bowker's  Fisherman's  Brand  Fish  and  Potash 
Bowker's  Four  Ten  Hill  and  Drill 
Bowker's  Fresh  Ground  Bone 
Bowker's  Hill  and  Drill  Phosphate 
Bowker's  Lawn  and  Garden  Dressing  Revised 
Bowker's  Nitrate  of  Soda 
Bowker's  Potato  and  Vegetable  Phosphate 
Bowker's  16%  Acid  Phosphate 
Bowker's  Soluble  Phosphate 

Bowker's  Square  Brand  Farm  and  Garden  Phosphate 
Bowker's  Superphosphate  with  Ammonia  1% 
Bowker's  Superphosphate  with  Ammonia  2% 
Bowker's  Superphosphate  with  Ammonia  3% 
Bowker's  Superphosphate  with  Ammonia  4% 
Bowker's  Superphosphate  with  Ammonia  5% 
Bowker's  Sure  Crop  Phosphate  Revised 
Bowker's  Three  Ten  All  Round 
Bowker's  Tobacco  Grower 
Bowker's  Two  Ten  Farm  and  Garden 
Stockbridge  Complete 
Stockbridge  Market  Garden  Manure 
Stockbridge  Tobacco  Manure 
Stockbridge  Top  Dressing  and  Forcing  Manure 

Breck,  Joseph,  &  Sons,  Corp'n,  51  North  Market  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Breck's  Rams  Head  Brand  Sheep  Manure 

Brode,  F.  W.,  &  Co.,  119  Madison  Ave.,  Memphis,  Tenn. 
Dove  Brand  Cotton  Seed  Meal 
Jay  Brand  Cotton  Seed  Meal 
Owl  Brand  High  Grade  Cotton  Seed  Meal 

Buckeye  Cotton  Oil  Company,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

Buckeye  Good  Cotton  Seed  Meal 
"Buco"  Cottonseed  Feed 

Chicago  Feed  &  Fertilizer  Company,  809  Exchange  Ave.,  Union  Stock 
Yards,  Chicago,  111. 

Magic  Brand  Pulverized  Sheep  Manure 


REGISTERED    BRANDS.  7 

Chittenden,  E.  D.,  Company,  Bridgeport,  Conn. 

Chittenden's  Complete  Tobacco  and  Onion  Grower 

Chittenden's  Complete  Tobacco  and  Onion  Grower  without  Potash 

Chittenden's  Tobacco  Special  with  5%  Potash 

Chittenden's  Tobacco  Special  without  Potash 

Chittenden's  Vegetable  and  Onion  Grower  without  Potash  ' 

Clark,  Everett  B.,  Seed  Company,  Milford,  Conn. 

Special  Mixture  for  General  Use 
Special  Mixture  with  Potash 

Coe-Mortimer  Co.,  51  Chambers  St.,  New  York  City. 

E.   Frank  Coe's  Basic   Fruit  and  Legume  Phosphate    (Basic  Lime 

Phosphate)  (Key-Plow  Brand) 
E.  Frank  Coe's  Celebrated  Special  Potato  Fertilizer  Revised 
E.  Frank  Coe's  Columbian  Corn  and  Potato  Fertilizer 
E.  Frank  Coe's  Connecticut  Wrapper  Grower 
E.  Frank  Coe's  Corn  King 

E.  Frank  Coe's  Dissolved  Phosphate  and  Potash 
E.  Frank  Coe's  Gardeners'  and  Truckers'  Special  1916 
E.  Frank  Coe's  Gold  Brand  Excelsior  Guano  Revised 
E.  Frank  Coe's  H.  G.  Ammoniated  Superphosphate  1916 
E.  Frank  Coe's  New  Englander  Special 
E.  Frank  Coe's  Nitrate  of  Soda 
E.  Frank  Coe's  Prohfic  Crop  Producer  1916 
E.  Frank  Coe's  16%  Superphosphate 
•E.  Frank  Coe's  Special  Grass  Top  Dressing 
E.  Frank  Coe's  Tobacco  Leaf  Fertilizer 
E.  Frank  Coe's  Tobacco  Special 
Fine  Ground  Bone 

Columbia  Guano  Co.,  Munsey  Building,  Baltim_ore,  Md. 

Columbia  Freedom  Guano 
Columbia  Soluble  Guano 

Conn.  Fat  Rendering  &  Fertilizing  Corp'n.,  P.  O.  Box  228,  New  Haven, 
Conn. 

Tankage 

Davis,  S.  P.,  Little  Rock,  Ark. 

Good  Luck  Brand  of  Cottonseed  Meal  and  Cracked  Screened  Cake 

Dexter  Portland  Cement  Co.,  Nazareth,  Pa. 

Dexter  Potash  Lime  Fertilizer 

Essex  Fertilizer  Company,  39  North  Market  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Essex  Fish  Fertilizer  3-8-3 
Essex  Market  Garden  3-8-4 
Essex  Tobacco  5-5-4 
Essex  Tobacco  5-6 
Essex  Tobacco  5-7-2 
Essex  1-10-1 
Essex  2-8-2 
Essex  31-10 
Essex  4-8-4 

Fertile  Chemical  Company,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Lime-Fertile 
Nitro-Fertile 

Frisbie,  L.  T.,  Co.,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Castor  Pomace 

Frisbie' s  Acid  Phosphate  16% 

Frisbie' s  Corn  and  Grain  Fertilizer 


8  CONNECTICUT   EXPERIMENT   STATION   BULLETIN   223. 

Frisbie's  Fine  Bone  Meal 

Frisbie's  5-8 

Frisbie's  Special 

Frisbie's  Special  Vegetable  and  Potato  Grower 

Frisbie's  3-8 

Frisbie's  3-8-3 

Frisbie's  Tobacco  5-5-5 

Frisbie's  Tobacco  5-6 

Frisbie's  Tobacco  Grower 

Frisbie's  Tobacco  Special 

Frisbie's  2-8 

Frisbie's  4-10 

Ground  Tankage 

Nitrate  of  Soda 

Hall,  W.  D.,  Company,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Good  Cotton  Seed  Meal 

Hubbard  Fertilizer  Co.,  802  Keyser  Bldg.,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Hubbard's  Excelsior  Mixture 
Hubbard's  Farmers  I  X  L 
Hubbard's  5%  Royal  Seal 
Hubbard's  4-10-0 
Hubbard's  New  England  Special 
Hubbard's  Nitrate  of  Soda 
Hubbard's  Noxall  Guano 
Hubbard's  16%  Phosphate 
Hubbard's  Tobacco  Fertilizer 
Hubbard's  Yellow  Wrapper 

Humphreys-Godwin  Co.,  Memphis,  Tenn. 

Bull  Brand  Cottonseed  Meal 
Danish  Brand  Cottonseed  Meal 
Dixie  Brand  Cottonseed  Meal 
Forfat  Brand  Cottonseed  Meal 
Unit— 1 
Unit— 2 

Industrial  Cotton  Oil  Properties,  65  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

"High  Grade  Cotton  Seed  Meal" 

International  Agricultural  Corporation,  Buffalo  Fertilizer  Works,  Buffalo, 
N.  Y. 

Bone  Meal 

Buffalo  Ammoniated  Phosphate 

Buffalo  Economy 

Buffalo  Farmers  Choice 

Buffalo  General  Favorite 

Buffalo  High  Grade  Manure 

Buffalo  New  England  Special 

Buffalo  Onion,  Vegetable  and  Potato 

Buffalo  Phosphate  and  Potash 

Buffalo  Three  Ten 

Buffalo  Tobacco  Grower 

Buffalo  Tobacco  Producer 

Buffalo  Tobacco  Special 

Buffalo  Top  Dresser  and  Starter 

I.  A.  C.  Tobacco  Crop 

Joynt,  John,  Lucknow,  Ont. 

The  Joynt  Brand  Canada  Unbleached  HardwQod,  Ashes 


EEGISTERED    BRANDS.  9 

Koster,  A.  L.,  Suffield,  Conn. 

Dry  Ground  Figh 
Hale  Tobacco  Mixture 

Listers  Agricultural  Chemical  Works,  Newark,  N.  J. 

Listers  Ammoniated  Dissolved  Superphosphate  Revised 

Listers  Bone  Meal  1916 

Listers  Buyer's  Choice  Acid  Phosphate 

Listers  Celebrated  Ground  Bone  and  Tankage  Acidulated 

Listers  Celebrated  Tobacco  Fertilizer 

Listers  Complete  Tobacco  Manure 

Listers  Corn  and  Potato  Fertilizer 

Listers  Eastern  Pride  Fertilizer 

Listers  H.  G.  Acid  Phosphate 

Listers  King  Bee  Fertilizer 

Listers  Plant  Food  1916 

Listers  Special  Crop  Producer 

Listers  Special  Tobacco  Fertilizer 

Listers  Standard  Pure  Superphosphate  of  Lime 

Listers  Success  Fertilizer 

Listers  Superior  Ammoniated  Superphosphate  1916 

Lovitt,  L.  B.,  &  Co.,  Memphis,  Tenn. 

"Maloney's  Pride  No.  1"  (7) 
"Maloney's  Pride  No.  2"  (6) 
"Maloney's  Pride  No.  3"  (8) 

Lowell  Fertilizer  Co.,  40  North  Market  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Acid  Phosphate  16% 

Lowell  Animal  Brand  3-8-4 

Lowell  Bone  Fertilizer  2-8-2 

Lowell  Dissolved  Bone  Fertilizer  2-10 

Lowell  Empress  Brand  1-10-1 

Lowell  3^-10 

Lowell  2-S-3. 

Lowell  3-8-3 

Lowell  4-8-4 

Lowell  .5-8 

Lowell  5-8-4 

Lowell  Ground  Bone  2|-26 

Lowell  Lawn  and  Garden  Dressing  4-7-2 

Lowell  Tobacco  5-5-4 

Lowell  Tobacco  5-6 

Lowell  Tobacco  5-7-2 

Nitrate  of  Soda 

Lyle  &  Lyle,  Huntsville,  Ala. 

"Economy"  C.  S.  Feed 

Mapes  Formula  &  Peruvian  Guano  Co.,  143  Liberty  St.,  New  York  City, 

Mapes  Corn  Manure 

Mapes  C.  S.  Tobacco  Manure 

Mapes  General  Crop  (1916  Brand) 

Mapes  General  Tobacco  Manure 

Mapes  General  Truck  Manure 

Mapes  Grain  Brand 

Mapes  Potato  Manure 

Mapes  Potato  Manure  (1916  Brand) 

Mapes  Tobacco  Starter,  Improved 

National  Fertilizer  Co.,  60  Trinity  Place,  New  York  City. 

National  Ammoniated  Bone  Phosphate 
National  Complete  Grass  Fertilizer 


10  CONNECTICUT   EXPERIMENT   STATION   BULLETIN   223. 

National  Complete  Tobacco  Fertilizer 
National  Eureka  Potato  Fertilizer 
National  5-4  Tobacco  Manure 
National  Market  Garden  Fertilizer  Revised 
National  Nitrogen  Phosphate  Mixture  No.  1 
National  Nitrogen  Phosphate  Mixture  No.  2 
National  Nitrogen  Phosphate  Mixture  No.  3 
National  Nitrogen  Phosphate  Mixture  No.  4 
National  Nitrogen  Puosphate  Mixture  No.  6 
National  Pine  Tree  State  Potato  Fertilizer 
National  Potato  Phosphate 
National  16%  Plain  Superphosphate 
National  Soluble  Bone  and  Potash 
National  Special  Tobacco  Revised 
National  Universal  Phosphate 
National  XXX  Fish  and  Potash 

Natural  Guano  Co.,  Aurora,  111. 

"Sheep's  Head"  Pulverized  Sheep  Manure 

New  England  Fertilizer  Co.,  40A  North  Market  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

N.  E.  Superphosphate  3-S-4 

N.  E.  Tobacco  5-4 

N.  E.  Tobacco  5-5-4 

N.  E.  Tobacco  5-6 

N.  E.  1-10-1 

N.  E.  2-8-2 

N.  E.  2-8-3 

N.  E.  3-8-3 

N.  E.  3*-10 

N.  E.  5-8-7 

Nitrate  Agencies  Co.,  85  Water  St.,  New  York  City. 

N.  A.  C.  Brand  Acid  Phosphate  # 

N.  A.  C.  Brand  8-6-5  Truckers  Top  Dresser 

N.  A.  C.  Brand  4-8-4  Potato  Formula 

N.  A.  C.  Brand  Ground  Bone 

N.  A.  C.  Brand  Muriate  of  Potash 

N.  A.  C.  Brand  Nitrate  of  Soda 

N.  A.  C.  Brand  2-8-2  All  Crop  Formula 

Nothern,  W.  C,  Box  414,  Memphis,  Tenn. 

Special  No.  1  (Cotton  Seed  Meal) 

Olds  &  Whipple,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Acid  Phosphate  . 

Nitrate  of  Soda 

O  &■  W  Complete  Corn,  Potato  and  Onion  Fertilizer 

O  &  W  Complete  Tobacco  Fertilizer 

O  &  W  Dry  Ground  Fish 

O  &•  W  Grass  Fertilizer 

O  &  W  H.  G.  Tobacco  Starter 

O  &  W  Special  Corn,  Onion  and  Potato  Fertilizer 

O  &  W  Tobacco  Special  Fertilizer 

Precipitated  Bone  Phosphate 

Pacific  Manure  &  Fertilizer  Co.,  429  Davis  St.,  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

Groz-It-Brand  Pulverized  Sheep  Manure 

Park  &  Pollard  Co.,  Boston,  Mass. 

P.  &'  P.  Offcolored  Cottonseed  Meal 
Upland  Cottonseed  Meal 


EEGISTERED    BRANDS.  1 1 

Parmenter  &  Polsey  Fertilizer  Co.,  41  North  Market  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 


P  &  P  Plymouth  Rock  3-8-4 

P  &  P  Tobacco  5-4 

P  &  P  Tobacco  5-5-4 

P  &  P  1-10-1 

P  &  P  2-8-2 

P  &  P  2-8-3 

P  &  P  2-10 

P  &  P  3^10 

P  &  P  4-8-4  for  Potatoes, 

Corn  and  Vegetables 

Pawtucket  Rendering  Co., 

Pawtucket, 

R.I. 

Ground  Bone 

2-8-2  Brand 

3-8-4  Animal  Brand 

4-8-4  Brand 

5-8-4  Brand 

Piedmont-Mt.  Airy  Guano  Co.,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Brown's  Fertilizer  for  Corn  and  Grain 

Brown's  H.  G.  P.  and  General  Crop  Manure 

Brown's  Potato  Fertilizer 

Brown's  Special  Fertilizer 

Brown's  Special  O  &  T  and  Market  Garden 

Brown's  Tobacco  Manure 

Muriate  of  Potash 

Nitrate  of  Soda 

Piedmont  3-8-4  Fertihzer 

Piedmont  4-8-6  Fertilizer 

Piedmont  16%  Acid  Phosphate 

Piedmont  3  50  Bone  Meal 

Piedmont  6  30  Tankage 

Shay's  Corn  Fertilizer 

Shay's  Potato  Fertilizer 

Shay's  Special  Fertilizer 

Pulverized  Manure  Co.,  828  Exchange  Ave.,  Union  Stock  Yards,  Chicago, 
111. 

Wizard  Brand  Manure 

Quality  Fertilizer  Works,  52  Canal  St.,  Stamford,  Conn. 

Bartlett  Brand  Special  Tree  Fertilizer 

Robinson,  George  B.,  Jr.,  18  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

"Robin"  Brand  Cotton  Seed  Meal 

Rogers  &  Hubbard  Company,  Middletown,  Conn, 

Hubbard's  "Bone  Base"  Fertilizer  for  Seeding  Down 

Hubbard's  "Bone  Base"  Oats  and  Top  Dressing 

Hubbard's  "Bone  Base"  Soluble  Corn  and  General  Crops  Manure 

Hubbard's  "Bone  Base"  Soluble  Potato  Manure 

Hubbard's  Pure  Raw  Knuckle  Bone  Flour 

Hubbard's  Strictly  Pure  Fine  Bone 

R.  &  H.'s  All  Soils-All  Crops  Phosphate 

R.  &  H.'s  Climax  Tobacco  Brand 

R.  &  H.'s  Complete  Phosphate 

R.  &  H.'s  Cottonseed  Meal 

R.  &  H.'s  Potato  Phosphate 

R.  &  H.'s  Soluble  Tobacco  Manure 

R.  &  H.'s  Tobacco  Grower,  Vegetable  Formula 

Royster,  F.  S.,  Guano  Company,  1603  Munsey  Bldg.,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Dry  Ground  Fish 
Kainit 


12  CONNECTICUT   EXPERIMENT   STATION    BULLETIN   223. 

Muriate  of  Potash 
Nitrate  of  Soda 


Royster 
Royster 
Royster 
Royster 
Royster 
Royster 
Royster' 
Royster 
Royster 
Royster 
Royster 
Royster 
Royster' 
Royster 


s  Arrow  Head  Tobacco  Formula 

s  Banner  Guano 

s  Bully  Guano 

s  Dreadnought  Guano 

s  Fish  and  Potash 

s  Fish,  Flesh  and  Foul  Guano 

s  Landmark  Brand 

s  Perfecto  Tobacco  Formula 

s  Prime  Fish  Brand 

s  Purity  Brand 

s  Quality  Trucker 

s  16%  Acid  Phosphate 

s  Truckers'  Delight 

s  Valley  Tobacco  Formula 


Stevens  Formula 

Sanderson  Fertilizer  &  Chemical  Co.,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Sanderson's  Acid  Phosphate 

Sanderson's  Atlantic  Coast  Bone,  Fish  and  Potash 

Sanderson's  Complete  Tobacco  Grower 

Sanderson's  Corn  Superphosphate 

Sanderson's  Fine  Ground  Bone 

Sanderson's  Formula  A 

Sanderson's  Formula  B 

Sanderson's  H.  G.  Ammoniated  Phosphate 

Sanderson's  Kelsey's  Bone,  Fish  and  Potash 

Sanderson's  Nitrate  of  Soda 

Sanderson's  Phosphate  without  Potash 

Sanderson's  Potato  Manure 

Sanderson's  Special  without  Potash 

Sanderson's  Tobacco  Grower 

Sanderson's  Top  Dressing  for  Grass  and  Grain 

Sanderson's  Top  Dressing  for  Grass  and  Grain  without  Potash 

South  American  Sheep  and  Goat  Manure 

Shoemaker,  M.  L.,  &  Co.,  Inc.,  'Venango  St.  and  Delaware  Ave.,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

Swift-Sure  Bone  Meal 

Swift-Sure  Superphosphate  for  General  Use 
Swift-Sure  Superphosphate  for  Potatoes  No.  1 
Swift-Sure  Superphosphate  for  Tobacco 
Swift-Sure  Tankage 

Soper,  J.  E.,  Co.,  206  Chamber  of  Commerce,  Boston,  Mass. 

Pilgrim  Cottonseed  Meal 
Pioneer  Cottonseed  Meal 
Puritan  Cottonseed  Meal 
Soper' s  5%  Nitrogen  C/S  Meal 
Soper' s  6%  Nitrogen  C/S  Meal 
Soper's  7%  Nitrogen  C/S  Meal 

Southern  Cotton  Oil  Company,  Falls  Building,  22  N.  Front  St.,  Memphis, 
Tenn. 

Cotton  Seed  Meal 

Springfield  Rendering  Co.,  88  Liberty  St.,  Springfield,  Mass. 

Springfield  Animal  Brand 
Springfield  Fine  Ground  Bone 
Springfield  Grain  and  Grass 
Springfield  Tobacco  Special 


REGISTERED   BRANDS.  13 

Taylor  Commission  Co.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

(Good  Cotton  Seed  Meal)  Taylor  Brand 

Union  Seed  &  Fertilizer  Co.,  65  Broadway,  New  York  City. 
American  Red  Tag  Cotton  Seed  Meal 
Surety  Brand  Cotton  Seed  Meal 
Yellow  Tag  Cotton  Seed  Meal 

Virginia- Carolina  Chemical  Co.,  Equitable  Building,  120  Broadway,  New 
York  City. 
V-C  Bone  Meal 
V-C  Challenge  Brand 
V-C  Champion  Brand 
V-C  Cherokee  Brand 
V-C  Fish  and  Potash  Brand 
V-C  Indian  Chief  Brand 
V-C  Monarch  Brand 
V-C  Owl  Brand 
V-C  Pawnee  Brand 

V-C  Plant  Food  for  Vegetables,  Lawns  and  Flowers 
Virginia-Carolina  Plow  Brand 

Wilcox  Fertilizer  Company,  Mystic,  Conn. 

Acid  Phosphate 

Eldredge  Fish  and  Potash 

Nitrate  of  Soda 

Wilcox  Corn  Special 

Wilcox  Dry  Ground  Fish 

Wilcox  Fish  and  Potash 

Wilcox  Grain  Fertilizer 

Wilcox  Grass  Fertilizer 

Wilcox  High  Grade  Fish  and  Potash 

Wilcox  Potato  and  Vegetable  Phosphate 

Wilcox  Potato  Fertilizer 

Wilcox  Tobacco  Special 

Witherbee,  Sherman  &  Company,  393  Main  St.,  Worcester,  Mass. 
Barium-Phosphate  Grade  A 
Barium-Phosphate  Grade  B 
Barium-Phosphate. Grade  C 
Ground  Phosphate^Rock 
Nitrate  of  Soda 

Woodruff,  S.  D.,  &  Sons,  Orange,  Conn. 

Sheep  Manure 
Woodruff's  Home  Mixture 

Worcester  Rendering  Co.,  Auburn,  Mass. 

Prosperity  Brand  Royal  Worcester  Corn  and  Grain  Fertilizer 
Prosperity  Brand  Royal  Worcester  Ground  Steamed  Bone 
Prosperity  Brand  Royal  Worcester  Potato  and  Vegetable  Fertilizer 
Prosperity  Brand  Royal  Worcester  Special  Grain  Fertilizer 

World's  Fertilizer  Process  Co.,  Sharpsburg,  Pa. 

Shur-Gro 


During  the  year  Mr.  Churchill,  the  Station's  Agent,  has  visited 
105  towns  and  villages  in  the  State  and  gathered  547  samples,  in 
the  manner  provided  by  law.  Twenty  of  these  registered  brands 
have  not  been  sold  in  the  State,  and  seventy-eight,  although  re- 
ported to  have  been  sold  in  Connecticut,  could  not  be  found  by 
the  sampling  agent  and  therefore  have  not  been  examined. 


14  CONNECTICUT   EXPERIMENT   STATION   BULLETIN   223. 

In  the  following  pages  are  given  the  analyses  of  all  the  brands 
which  were  sampled,  as  well  as  those  sent  for  analysis  by  individ- 
uals. Of  the  latter  the  Station  is  not  responsible  for  the  accuracy 
of  the  sampling,  although  pains  have  been  taken  to  secure  from 
the  senders  certification  that  the  Station's  method  of  sampling 
was  followed. 

Classification  of  Fertilizers  Analyzed. 

^^  ..  .  ,,....  ,.  Number  of 

1.  Containing  nitrogen  as  the  critef  active  ingredient:  samples. 

Nitrate  of  soda 14 

Sulphate  of  ammonia 1 

Cotton  seed  meal 115 

Castor  pomace 3 

2.  Containing  phosphoric  acid  as  the  chief  active  ingredient: 

Barium- phosphate 3 

Raw  rock  phosphate 2 

Pi'ecipitated  bone  phosphate 1 

Basic  lime  phosphate 2 

Dissolved  rock  phosphate  or  acid  phosphate 20 

3.  Containing  potash  as  the  chief  active  ingredient: 

Cotton  hull  ashes 1 

Potash  salts  and  potash-lime 4 

4.  Raw  materials  containing  nitrogen  and  phosphoric  acid: 

Fish  manures 16 

Slaughter  house  tankage 15 

Bone  manures 19 

Mixed  bone  and  tankage 1 

Garbage  tankage 1 

5.  Mixed  fertilizers: 

Nitrogenous  superphosphates  without  potash 92 

Nitrogenous  superphosphates  with  potash 246 

Home  mixtures 16 

6.  Miscellaneous  fertilizers  and  waste  products: 

Tobacco  stems,  stalks  and  dust 4 

Nitro-Fertile  and  Lime-Fertile 2 

Sheep  manure 9 

Wood  ashes 19 

Lime  and  lime-kiln  ashes 4 

Other  miscellaneous  materials 15 

Total 625 

I.     RAW  MATERIALS  CHIEFLY  VALUABLE  FOR 
NITROGEN. 

NITRATE  OF  SODA. 

Fourteen  samples  were  analyzed  as  follows : 

14484.  Sold  by  the  Berkshire  FertiHzer  Co.,  Bridgeport.  Sam- 
pled at  the  factory. 


NITRATE    OF    SODA.  15 

14487.  Sold  by  Apothecaries  Hall  Co.,  Waterbury.  Stock  of 
R.  H.  Morgan,  West  Cheshire. 

14488.  Sold  by  F.  S.  Royster  Guano  Co.,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Stock  of  J.  R.  Reinhard  &  Sons,  West  Cheshire. 

15149.  Sold  by  Coe-Mortimer  Co.,  New  York.  Stock  of  Con- 
yer's  Farm,  Greenwich. 

14479.  Sold  by  Olds  &  Whipple,  Hartford.  Sampled  at  the 
factory. 

14935.  Sold  by  Piedmont-Mt.  Airy  Guano  Co,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Stock  of  Farmers'  Exchange,  Woodstock. 

15045.  Sold  by  the  Hubbard  Fertilizer  Co.,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Stock  of  H.  H.  McKnight,  Ellington. 

14419.  Sold  by  American  Agricultural  Chemical  Co.,  New 
York.     Stock  of  E.  N.  Austin,  Sufheld. 

15205.  Sold  by  the  Atlantic  Packing  Co.,  New  Haven.  Sam- 
pled at  the  factory. 

15206.  Sold  by  L.  T.  Frisbie  Co.,  New  Haven.  Stock  of 
P.  Schwartz  Co.,  New  London. 

14477.  Sold  by  Sanderson  Fertilizer  &  Chemical  Co.,  New 
Haven.     Sampled  at  the  factory. 

14572.  Sold  by  Wilcox  Fertihzer  Co.,  Mystic.  Stock  of  G.  R. 
Stannard,  Branford. 

15075.  Sold  by  the  Lowell  Fertilizer  Co.,  Boston.  Stock  of 
Litchfield  County  Coop.  Association,  Torrington. 

14828.  Sold  by  the  Bowker  Fertilizer  Co.,  New  York.  Stock 
of  F.  B.  Newton  Est.,  Plainville. 

Table  I.     Analyses  of  Nitrate  of  Soda. 

Per  cent,  of  Nitrogen  Nitrogen  costs  cents 

Station  No.  :  Guaranteed.  Found.  Cost  per  ton.         per  pound. 

14484  14.80  15.44  S70.00  22.6 

14487  15.00  15.50  70.00  22.6 

14488  15.00  15.54  74.75  24.0 
15149  15.00  15.40  75.00  24.3 
14479  15.00  15.34  75.00  24.4 
14935  15.22  15.30  .75.76  24.7 
15045  15.22  15.24  76.15  24.9 
14419  15.00  15.68  80.00  25.5 

15205  15.00  15.16  80.00  26.4 

15206  15.00  15.32  85.00  27.7 
14477  15.00  15.42  86.75  28.1 
14572  15.00  14.94  86.00  28.8 
15075  15.00  15.28  90.00  29.4 
14828  15.00  15.76  

The  retail  cash  cost  of  nitrogen  in  nitrate  of  soda  has  ranged  from  22.6 
to  29.4  cents  per  pound,  and  has  averaged  25.6  cents  per  pound. 

SULPHATE  OF  AMMONIA. 

One  sample  was  examined. 

14483.  _  Sold  by  the  Barrett  Co.,  of  New  York  City.  Stock 
of  Berkshire  Fertilizer  Co.  Cost  $100  per  ton.  It  contained  20.92 
per  cent,  nitrogen. 


16  CONNECTICUT   EXPERIMENT   STATION   BULLETIN   223. 

Nitrogen  in  this  sample  costs  23.9  cents  per  pound.  Sulphate  of  am- 
monia and  nitrate  of  soda  have  been  altogether  the  cheapest  forms  of 
available  nitrogen  in  our  market. 

COTTON  SEED  MEAL. 

One  hundred  and  fifteen  samples  have  been  examined,  and 
their  analyses  appear  in  the  following  table. 

The  per  cent  of  nitrogen  has  ranged  from  5.10  to  8.11  per  cent, 
the  average  being  6.50 — ^very  decidedly  higher  than  in  any  season 
since  1916. 

There  has  been  considerable  fluctuation  in  price  during  the  win- 
ter and  spring,  the  average  being  $79.55  per  ton.  Maldng  no 
valuation  of  the  phosphoric  acid  and  potash  in  the  meal,  the  aver- 
age cost  of  nitrogen  in  meal  has  been  61.2  cents  per  pound. 

If  the  phosphoric  acid  contained  in  the  meal  were  credited  at 
7  cents  per  pound  and  potash  at  12  cents  per  pound,  the  cost  of 
nitrogen  would  be  about  54^/2  cents  per  pound.  Twenty-eight  of 
the  samples  did  not  meet  their  guaranties,  but  eight  of  these  were 
sold  on  a  unit  basis  so  that  the  buyer  only  paid  for  the  actual 
amount  of  nitrogen  received,  which  is  altogether  the  most  satis- 
factory basis  of  payment.  The  prices  ranged  from  $70  to  $90 
per  ton,  following  in  some  measure  the  fluctuations  in  the  whole- 
sale market. 


COTTON    SEED    MEAL. 


17 


Table  II.     Analyses  of  Cotton    Seed  Meal. 


14807 


14512 


14471 

14491 
14496 

14501 
14715 

14806 
14827 

14885 
14510 

14443 
14444 
14490 
14549 
14551 

14852 


14988 


14383 
14825 


Manufacturer  or  Jobber, 
Car  No.  or  Marks. 


American  Cotton  Oil  Co., 

New  York  City. 
American  Red  Tag,   C.   S. 
Meal 


Ashcraft- Wilkinson  Co., 
Atlanta,  Ga. 

Paramount  Brand   C.  S 
Meal 


F.  W.  Erode  &  Co., 
Memphis,  Tenn. 

Owl  Brand 


Owl  Brand,  E.  74666 

Owl  Brand,  C.    &    N.    W., 

180500. 

Owl  Brand 

Owl  Brand 


Owl  Brand,  N.Y.  C,  230.350 
Owl  Brand 


Owl  Brand 

Jay  Brand,  S.  P.,  84389 


G.  E.  T.,  18543 

Soo  L.,  31488 

Off  Color,  C.  S.  M.,  S.  L. 

104426 

Off  Grade,  C.  S.  M.,  N.  Y. 

C.  230350 


Cotton  Seed  Products 
Louisville,  Ky. 

Prime  C.  S.  Meal 


Co., 


S.  P.  Davis, 
Little  Rock,  Ark. 
Good  Luck  Brand .  .  .  . 
Good  Luck  Brand .  .  .  . 


Purchased,  Sanipled  or  Sent  by 


J.  E.  Phelps,  Suffield. 


Station     Agent     from     Rockville 
Milling  Co 


A.  D.  Bridge's  Sons,  Inc.,  Hazard- 

ville 

W.  J.  Reeves,  Windsorville 


Spencer  Bros.,  Sufl&eld 

E.  H.  Rollins,  Granby 

Station  Agent  from  A.  D.  Bridge's 

Sons 

G.  T.  Soule,  New  Milford 

Station  Agent  from  G.  E.  Ackley 

Co.,  New  Milford 

S.  F.  Holcomb  &  Son,  West  Granby 
Station  Agent  from  A.  D.  Bridge's 

Sons,  Hazardville 

E.  H.  Rollins,  Granby 

E.  H.  Rollins,  Granby 

William  J.  Reeves,  Windsorville.  . 
G.  T.  Soule,  New  Milford 


Ahem  Bros.,  East  Windsor  Hill. 
A.  W.  Camp,  Danbury 


Station  Agent  from  Wybern  Farms, 
Melrose 


L.  P.  Abbe,  Hazardville 

Station  Agent  from  E.  M.  Waller, 
Gaylordsville 


Per  cent. 
Nitrogen. 


6.31 


6.14 


.32 
.18 

.90 
.56 

,27 
,64 

.63 


6.21 

6.78 
6.49 


6.18 


5.76 


6.50 
6.50 

6.85 
6.60 

6.50 
6.50 

6.50 
6.50 

5.76 
6.50 
6.50 
6.50 
6.50 

6.50 

6.50 


6.50 

6.50 
6.50 


18 


CONNECTICUT  EXPERIMENT  STATION  BULLETIN  223. 


Table  II.  Analyses  of  Cotton  Seed  Meal — {Continued). 


14529 


15021 


14434 
14618 


14887 


14941 
15076 

15192 
15222 
14659 

15133 
15187 
14507 

15134 

15135 

15164 

15341 
14784 

14872 

14901 

15145 
14386 

14403 
14473 

14508 


Alanufacturer  or  Jobber, 
Car  No.  or  Marks. 


DeSoto  Oil  Co.,  Memphis. 
104426 


E.  St.  Louis  Cotton  Oil  Co., 

National  Stock  Yards,  111. 

R.  I.  56053 

W.  D.  Hall  Co.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Good  C.  S.  Meal 

Good  C.  S.  Meal 


Oscar  Holway, 
Auburn,  Me. 

N.  Y.  C.  214957 


Humphreys- Godwin  Co., 
Memphis,  Tenn. 

Bull  Brand, . . . 
Bull  Brand .  .  . 

Bull  Brand .  .  . 
Bull  Brand.  .  . 
Danish  Brand. 

Danish  Brand. 
Danish  Brand. 
Dixie  Brand,  89546 


Bright   C.   S.   Meal,   Penn. 

32253 
Bright  C'. 's.""Mealj"L.   V 

82216 
Bright  C."  s!  Meal,'  C.  '&'n. 

W.  101624 

26206 

Off-Color  C.  S.  Meal,  W.  B. 

45334 

Off-Color  C.  S.   Meal,  Pa. 

63451 

Off-Color  C.  S.  Meal,  C.  M. 

&  St.  P.  75860 

Off-Color  C.  S.  Meal,  246729 
Off-Grade  C.  S.  Meal,  A.  T. 

&  S.  F.  31182 

C.  S.  Meal,  C.  &  O.  8803.. 
C.  S.  Meal,   111209 


Purchased,  Sampled  or  Sent  by 


R.  H.  Osborne,  Warehouse  Point 


C.  D.  Cannon,  Windsor  Locks , 


A.  D.  Ellsworth,  Broad  Brook. . 
Station  Agent  from   A.   E.    Hall, 
Wallingf  ord 


William  Gilligan,  Windsor. 


Per  cent. 
Nitrogen. 


C.  S.  Meal,  B.  &  M.  62922 


P.  T.  McCue,  Windsor  Locks 

Station  Agent  from  E.  Man- 
chester &  Sons,  Winsted 

J.  A.  Sherwood,  Long  Hill 

C.  L.  Luce,  New  Britain 

Station  Agent  from  G.  S.  Phelps, 
Thompsonville 

The  Coles  Co.,  Middletown 

W.  E.  Wheelock,  Quinebaug 

Hartford  Tobacco  Corporation, 
Hartford 

Jno.  Sullivan  &  Son,  Thompson- 
ville   

Jno.  Sullivan  &  Son,  Thompson- 
ville   


6.66 

6.73 

5.32 

5 

6.80 
6.98 


Spencer  Bros.,  Suffield 

Coles  Co.,  Middletown 

G.   S.  Phelps  &  Co.,   Thompson- 
ville   


Spencer  Bros.,  Suffield. 


Spencer  Bros.,  Suffield 

The  Coles  Co.,  Middletown. 


G.  T.  Soule,  New  Milford 

The  Coles  Co.,  Middletown 

G.   S.   Phelps  &  Co.,   Thompson- 
ville   

L.  B.  Haas  &  Co.,  Hartford 


.16 
.09 
.92 

.45 
.84 
.81 

.49 

.49 

.67 

54 
16 

67 

31 

,53 

.83 

.26 
.00 

.92 
.34 


6.58 

6.64 

5.76 
5.76 

6.70 

6.87 

6.87 
6.87 
6.87 

5.75 
5.75 
5.75 

7.50 

5.76 

5.76 

5.76 
5.76 

5.75 

6.58 

5.58 
6.88 

6.27 
5.75 

5.75 
7.50 


$78.00 

77.50 

76.00 
80.00 

86.28 

82.00 

85.00 
83.00 


80.00 
82.00 


94.71 

72.00 

72.00 

73.00 
74.00 

68.00 

76.16 

73.00 
75.25 

76.10 
83 .  00 

67.00 
93.75 


COTTON    SEED   MEAL.  19 

Table  II.  Analyses  of  Cotton  Seed  Meal — (Continued). 


14530 
14531 
14532 
14533 
14534 
14535 
14556 
15285 

14464 

14662 
14754 
14800 

14810 

14401 

14431 

14432 

14433 

14438 

14439 

14459 

14462 

14463 


Manufacturer  or  Jobber, 
Car  No.  or  Marks. 


Humphreys -Godwin  Co., 
Memphis,  Tenn. 

(Continued) . 

Off-Grade  C.  S.  Meal,  P.  M. 

70929 
Off-Grade  C.  S. 'Meal,'  M.'  O. 

P.  34509 
Off-Grade  C.'  S.'  Meal',  'g.'  T. 

25226 
Off-Grade  C.'s.'  Meal',  'g.'  E. 

T.  2125 

Off  Grade  C.  S.  Meal,  C.  C, 

C.  &  S.  T.  L.  53951 

Off-Grade  C.  S.  Meal,  N.  Y. 

C.  255143 

Dark   C.  S.  Meal,  Chi.,   St 

P.  28404 

C.  S.  Meal,  101182 


L.  B.  Lovitt  &  Co., 
Memphis,  Tenn. 

Off  Color  C.  S.  Meal,  M.  C. 

60060 

Off -Color  C.  S.  Meal 

Off-Color  C.  S.  Meal 

Off-Color  C.  S.  Meal,  N.  P. 

19112 

Off-Color  C.  S.  Meal,  K.  C. 

S.  12532 

Off-Color  C.  S.  Meal,  P.  R. 

R. 48725 

Off-Color  C.  S.  Meal,  C.  B. 

Q.  105732 

Off-Color  C.  S.  Meal,  St.  Fe 

30995 

Off-Color  C.  S.  Meal,  M.  C. 

46667 

Off-Color  C.  S.  Meal,  I.  C. 

24343 
Off-Color'C.'  S.  'Meal,'  Penn. 

35562 

Off-Color  C.  S.  Meal,  F.  W. 

D4635 

Off-Color  C.  S.  Meal,  I.  & 

G.  N.  5507 

Off-Color  C:  S.  Meal,  S.  L. 

&  S.  F.  40673 


Purchased,  Sampled  or  Sent  by 


S.  J.  Orr,  West  Suffield. 
S.  J.  Orr,  West  Suffield . 
S.  J.  Orr,  West  Suffield , 
S.  J.  Orr,  West  Suffield . 
S.  J.  Orr,  West  Suffield . 
S.  J.  Orr,  West  Suffield 


H.  C.  Nelson,  West  Suffield. 
Coles  Co.,  Middletown 


Spencer  Bros.,  Suffield 

O.  T.  Cone,  Warehouse  Point.  . 
J.  B.  Parker,  Poquonock 


Spencer  Bros.,  Suffield. 
Spencer  Bros.,  Suffield. 
Spencer  Bros.,  Suffield . 
Spencer  Bros.,  Suffield. 
Spencer  Bros.,  Suffield . 
Spencer  Bros.,  Suffield. 
Spencer  Bros.,  Suffield. 
Spencer  Bros.,  Suffield. 
Spencer  Bros.,  Suffield. 
Spencer  Bros.,  Suffield, 
Spencer  Bros.,  Suffield . 


Per  cent. 
Nitrogen. 


6.44 

6.59 

6.17 

6.19 

6.06 

6.12 

5.77 
5.76 


,99 
,56 
,63 

,64 

,66 

.02 

.23 

.30 

.92 

.89 

.89 

.19 

.69 

.36 


5.75 
5.76 


7.13 
7.20 


7.57 
7.92 
6.87 
7.25 
6.29 
6.99 
6.89 
6.68 
6.39 
6.58 
6.35 


$72.81 

74.49 

69.75 

69.94 

68.54 

69.19 

66.00 
78.00 


80.15 

88.95 
79.39 

92.24 

90.11 

80.44 

82.51 

72.23 

79.30 

78.92 

78.92 

71.00 

76.69 

72.89 


20 


CONNECTICUT   EXPERIMENT   STATION   BULLETIN   223. 


Table  II.  Analyses  op  Cotton  Seed  Meal — {Continued). 


14469 
14470 
14528 
14550 
14801 
14829 
14494 
14586 

14384 


14377 
14415 


14571 

14297 
14335 
14337 
14460 
14461 
14465 

14500 
14504 
14505 
14630 
14826 


14466 


Manufacturer  or  Jobber, 
Car  No.  or  Marks. 


L.  B.  Lovitt  &  Co., 
Memphis,  Tenn. 

{Continued). 
Off-Color  C.  S.  Meal,  P.  L. 

535715 
Off-Color  C!  S.  Meal,'  N.'y. 

C.  229466 

Off-Color  C.  S.  Meal,  L.  E. 

&  W.  12215 

Off-Color  C.  S.  Meal,  L.  V. 

85869 

Off-Color  C.  S.  Meal,  B.  & 

M.  47599 

Off-Color  C.  S.  Meal,  L.  & 

N  7607 

Off-Color  C.  S.  Meal,  B.  & 

O.  89651 

Off-Color  C.  S.  Meal,  A.  T. 

&  S.  Fe7460 


Lyle  &  Lyle, 
Hunts ville,  Ala. 

Economy  Brand  Sou  120566 

W.  C.  Nothern,  Memphis. 

Special  No.  1,  T.  P.  8055.. 
Off-Color,  120719 


Park  &  Pollard  Co.,  Boston. 

Upland  C.  S.  Meal 


Off-Color  C.  S.  Meal. 
B.  &L.E.  81002 


B.&  0.85534 

B-4  45144 

Off-Qual.,  C.  C.  C.  &  St.  L. 

9266 

G.  T.  10102 

L.  &N.  3460 

C.  of  G. 60017 

S.  S.  W.  7320 

Off-Grade 


The  Roger  &  Hubbard  Co. 

Middletown. 
C.  &  O.  3223 


Purchased,  Sampled  or  Sent  by 


John  Edgar,  Enfield .  . 
Spencer  Bros.,  Suffield . 
Spencer  Bros.,  Suffield. 
Spencer  Bros.,  Suffield . 
Spencer  Bros.,  Suffield . 
Spencer  Bros.,  Suffield. 
Spencer  Bros.,  Suffield. 
Spencer  Bros.,  Suffield. 


G.  T.  Soule,  New  Milford. 


G.  S.  Phelps,  Warehouse  Point. 
J.  W.  Crowell,  Burnside 


Station  Agent  from  F.  B.  Newton 
Est.,  Plainville 

Rockville  Milling  Co 

Ahern  Bros.,  E.  Windsor  Hill.  .  . 

L.  C.  Daly,  Warehouse  Point .  .  . 

Broad  Brook  Lumber  &  Coal  Co. . 

Broad  Brook  Lumber  &  Coal  Co. . 

Station  Agent  from  Broad  Brook 
L.  &  C.  Co 

E.  H.  Rollins,  Granby 

Broad  Brook  Lumber  &  Coal  Co. 

Broad  Brook  Lumber  &  Coal  Co, 

E.  H.  Rollins,  Granby . 

Station  Agent  from  G.  E.  Ackley 
Co.,   New  Milford 


Station  Agent  from  P.  F.  Cham- 
berlain, Broad  Brook 


Per  cent. 

Nitrogen. 


6.85 
6.78 
6.80 
6.74 
6.87 
6.60 
8.11 
8.07 

5.92 


6.75 
6.39 


6.81 


6.75 


6.85 
6.87 
6.82 
6.82 
6.81 
6.50 
8.00 
8.27 

5.75 


6.50 
5.75 


5.75 
6.50 
6.50 
6.50 
7.43 
7.28 

5.76 
6.58 
7.36 
7.13 
6.58 

7.00 


6.50 


$78.54 
79.75 
82.01 
81.32 
82.92 
75.62 
97.90 
97.41 

85.00 


77.00 

77.00 


83.00 
81.00 
74.50 
78.00 
83.79 
81.13 

82.55 
75.25 
87.50 
85.12 
74.50 

80.00 


82.00 


COTTON    SEED    MEAL, 


21 


Table  II.     Analyses  op  Cotton  Seed  Meal — (Concluded). 


14509 

14351 
15189 
14661 

14493 
14497 

14393 

14422 

14831 
14411 

14799 
14886 

14870 

15091 

14728 

14495 


14416 
14511 

14609 

14938 
14660 

15088 

14830 
15186 


Manufacturer  or  Jobber, 
Car  No.  or  Marks. 


Sanderson  Fertz.  &  Chem. 
Co.,  New  Haven. 

J.  E,  Soper  &  Co.,  Boston. 

Puritan  C.  S.  Meal 

Puritan  C.  S.  Meal 

Puritan  C.  S.  Meal 


Off-Color  C.  S.  Meal 

Off-Color  C.  S.  Meal,  C.  P 

205692 

Off-Color  C.  S.  Meal, 

138752 
Off-Color"  C'.S."  Meal, 

138752 


Off-Color  C.  S.  Meal,  N.  P. 
38946 


Off-Color  C.  S.  Meal,  Penn. 

608298 

Off-Color  C.S.  Meal 


Off-Color  C.S.  Meal 

Taylor  Commission   Co., 
Atlanta,  Ga. 


Terrell  Cotton  Oil  Co. 

Texarkana  Cotton  Oil 

and  Fertilizer  Co., 

Texarkana,  Ark. 


Union  Seed  &  Fert'z'r  Co., 
New  York. 

Surety  Brand  C.  S.  Meal.  . 

Surety  Brand,  Erie  110567. 
Amer.  Red  Tag  C.  S.  Meal 

Amer.  Red  Tag  C.  S.  Meal 
Jobber  Unknown. 


Purchased,  Sampled  or  Sent  by 


Benjamin  Fenn,  Milford. 


J.  B.  Cannon,  Granby 

The  Coles  Co.,  Middletown.  .  .  . 
Station  Agent  from  P.   Schwartz 

Co.,  New  London 

Spencer  Bros.,  Suffield 


Spencer  Bros.,  Suffield 

L.  C.  Seymour,  Windsor  Locks. 

Station  Agent  from  L.  C.  Seymour 
H.  F.  Farnham,  E.  Windsor  Hill. 


W.  E.  Bates,  East  Granby. 
C.  H.  Northam,  Hartford. 


J.  T.  O'Neill,  Burnside 

Station  Agent  from  A.  Manning, 

So.  Manchester 

Arthur  Manning,  Manchester.  .  .  . 


Station  Agent  from  Meech  &  Stod- 
dard, Middletown 


E.  T.  Hurlburt  &  Son,  Somers . 


Station  Agent  from  E.  N.  Austin, 
Suffield 

Station  Agent  from  Rockville 
Milling  Co 


Station  Agent  from  F.  H.  Rolf, 
Guilford 

Coles  Co.,  Middletown 

Station  Agent  from  M.  E.  Thomp 
son,  Ellington 


Per  cent. 
Nitrogen. 


6.71 

6.09 
5.20 

5.26 
7.36 


.40 

.10 

.27 
.25 

.84 
.49 


5.95 


5.99 
7.16 

6.56 
6.50 


6.19 
5 

6.31 


J.  E.  Phelps,  Suffield 6 .  35 


L.  J.  Prior,  East  Hartford 

Arthur  Manning,  Manchester. 


5.75 
5.75 

5.75 
7.38 

7.22 

5.76 

5.76 
5.76 

5.76 
5.76 

5.76 

5.76 
5.76 


$78.50 
80.00 

80.00 
86.63 

84.78 

74.00 

74.00 
75.00 

74.00 
77.00 

77.50 

69.50 
69.50 


6.59 
6.65 


5.76 
6.75 

6.58 


5.76 
5.76 

6.18 
6.18 


6.S 


78.50 
87.50 

75.00 
81.00 


88.00 
84.00 

80.00 
70.10 


90.00 


22  CONNECTICUT   EXPERIMENT   STATION   BULLETIN   223. 

CASTOR  POMACE. 

Three  samples  were  analyzed  as  follows: 

14421.  Sold  by  American  Agricultural  Chemical  Co.,  New 
York  City.     Stock  of  E.  N.  Austin,  Sufheld. 

14515.  Sold  by  the  Apothecaries  Hall  Co.,  Waterbury.  Sam- 
pled at  the  factory. 

14481.  Sold  by  Baker  Castor  Oil  Co.,  New  York  City.  Stock 
of  Olds  &  Whipple,  Hartford. 

Analyses  of  Castor  Pomace. 

Station  No 14421  14515  14481 

Per  cent,  of 

Nitrogen  guaranteed 4.50  4.52  4.50 

Nitrogen  found 5.29  5.73  5.72 

Cost  per  ton $60.00  $60.00  $57.00 

Nitrogen  costs  per  pound 56.7  52.3  49.9 


II.     RAW  MATERIALS  CHIEFLY  VALUABLE  FOR 
PHOSPHORIC  ACID. 

BARIUM-PHOSPHATE. 

14977.  Grade  A.  Sold  by  Witherbee,  Sherman  &  Co.,  Port 
Henry,  N.  Y.  Stock  of  J..  H.  Miller,  Stamford.  Guaranteed  28 
per  cent,  phosphoric  acid. 

14932.  Grade  B.  Sold  by  Witherbee,  Sherman  &  Co.,  Port 
Henry,  N.  Y.  Stock  of  Geo.  S.  Carter,  Clinton.  Guaranteed 
16  per  cent,  phosphoric  acid.     Cost  $25.00  per  ton. 

14933.  Grade  C.  Sold  by  Witherbee,  Sherman  &  Co.,  Port 
Henry,  N.  Y.  Stock  of  C.  E.  Lyman,  Middlefield.  Guaranteed 
14  per  cent  phosphoric  acid.     Cost  $22.00  per  ton. 

Analyses  op  Barium-Phosphate. 

Station  No 14977  14932  14933 

Water-soluble  phosphoric  acid.  .        None  0.03  None 

Citrate-soluble  phosphoric  acid.           3.18  0.59  0.24 

Insoluble  phosphoric  acid 25.16  16.68  "16.21 

Total  phosphoric  acid 28.34  17.30  16.45 

Phosphoric  acid  cost  cents  per  pound. .. .  7.2  6.7 

RAW  ROCK  PHOSPHATE. 

Two  samples  were  analyzed  as  follows: 

15181.  Tacco  Ground  Phosphate.  Sold  by  Tennessee  Agri- 
cultural Corporation,  Centerville,  Tenn.  Sent  by  E.  E.  Burwell, 
New  Haven. 

15150.  Raw  Ground  Phosphate.  Sold  by  Apothecaries  Hall 
Co.,  Waterbury.     Stock  of  H.  A.  Edwards,  Naugatuck. 


VARIOUS   PHOSPHATES.  23 

Analyses  of  Raw  Rock  Phosphate. 

Station  No 15181  15150 

Water-soluble  phosphoric  acid 0.16  0.04 

Citrate-soluble  phosphoric  acid 2.31  3.12 

Citrate-insoluble  phosphoric  acid 21.25  28.06 

Total  phosphoric  acid 23.72  31.22 

"Available"  phosphoric  acid  found 2.47  3.16 

Cost  per  ton $17.00 

15181  was  ground  phosphate  which  had  been  saturated  with 
strong  hquid  manure,  worked  over  and  exposed  to  the  action  of 
air  and  frost  for  a  year. 

PRECIPITATED  BONE  PHOSPHATE. 
One  sample  was  analyzed  as  follows : 

14480.  Sold  by  Olds  &  Whipple,  Hartford.  Sampled  at  fac- 
tory.    Cost  $1.50  per  unit  available  phosphoric  acid. 

Analysis  op  Precipitated  Bone  Phosphate. 

Station  No 14480 

Water-soluble  phosphoric  acid.  .• 0.37 

Citrate-soluble  phosphoric  acid 18.67 

Citrate-insoluble  phosphoric  acid 8.26 

Total  phosphoric  acid 27.30 

"Available"  phosphoric  acid  found 19.04 

Cost  of  "available"  phosphoric  acid  per  pound. ...  7.5 ji 

BASIC  LIME  PHOSPHATE. 

Two  samples  were  analysed  as  follows : 

15117.  Sold  by  American  Agricultural  Chemical  Co.,  New 
York  City.  Stock  of  R.  E.  Morgan,  Windsor.  Guaranteed  13 
percent,  ''available"  phosphoric  acid,  14  per  cent,  total  phosphoric 
acid.     Cost  $24.25  f.o.b.  factory. 

14978.  Basic  Fruit  and  Legume  Phosphate.  Sold  by  Coe- 
Mortimer  Co.,  New  York  City.  Stock  of  J.  C.  Jackson,  Wilton. 
Cost  $22.75  per  ton.  Guaranteed  13  per  cent,  "available"  phos- 
phoric acid,  14  per  cent,  total  phosphoric  acid. 

Analyses  op  Basic  Lime  Phosphate. 

Station  No 15117  14978 

Water-soluble  phosphoric  acid 2.67  3.10 

Citrate-soluble  phosphoric  acid 11.27  10.38 

Citrate-insoluble  phosphoric  acid 1.50  1.46 

Total  phosphoric  acid 15.44  14.94 

"Available"  phosphoric  acid 13.94  13.48 

Cost  of  "available"  phosphoric  acid  per  pound. . .  8A'(^ 

DISSOLVED  ROCK  PHOSPHATE  OR  ACID  PHOSPHATE. 

The  analyses  of  twenty  samples  of  this  material  are  given  in 
the  table. 

The  prices  charged  have  ranged  from  $27  to  $40  per  ton.  The  average 
cost  of  available  phosphoric  acid  has  been  about  10.1  cents  per  pound. 


24  CONNECTICUT   EXPERIMENT   STATION   BULLETIN   223. 

Twenty  samples  were  analyzed  as  follows: 

14476.  Sold  by  Sanderson  Fertilizer  &  Chemical  Co.,  New 
Haven.     Sampled  at  factory. 

14854.-  Sold  by  Piedmont-Mt.  Airy  Guano  Co.,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Stock    of  Farmers'  Exchange,  South  Meriden. 

15042.  Sold  bv  the  Hubbard  Fertilizer  Co.,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Stock  of  H.  H.  McKnight,  Ellington. 

15157.  Sold  by  Olds  &  Whipple,  Hartford.  Stock  of  Havi- 
land  Tobacco  Co.,  East  Windsor  Hill. 

14707.  Sold  by  National  Fertihzer  Co.,  New  York  City.  Stock 
of  R.  Delaney,  Somersville. 

15207.  Sold  by  Berkshire  Fertilizer  Co.,  Bridgeport.  Stock  of 
D.  L.  Clarke  &  Sons,  Milford. 

14482.  Sold  by  Olds  &  Whipple,  Hartford.  Sampled  at  fac- 
tory. 

14417.  Sold  by  American  Agricultural  Chemical  Co.,  New 
York  City.     Stock  of  E.  N.  Austin,  Suffield. 

Table  III.     Analyses  of  Acid  Phosphate. 


'o 
03 

O  o3 

3    C3 

'C 

A 

O  3 

m  m  cl 
O  o  H 

_ffl  o 

3  =^ 

0   O 

^ 

ft^ 

»-« 

.   ."2^ 

• 

2-j^ 

3'n 

'°/^ 

ft 

-  '3 

3 

o 

C^      tH 

;? 

3  o 

1^ 

i:    ft 

o 

^2  S 

-2  03 

u 
o 

o 

!r,  ° 

-*i  o 

t^  O 

— .'H 

^'° 

^o- 

ft 

^  O  a 

-S-^ 

S-a 

S-S 

Ct'o 

g-* 

g-c  a 

.p 

g-^  § 

TO 

CS    ft 

b 

^  p. 
O 

<"" 

^  a°3 

o 
O 

^fto 

14476 

15.39 

1.79 

0.15 

17.33 

17.18 

16.00 

$30.00 

8.7 

14854 

12.17 

3.13 

1.01 

16.31 

15.30 

16.00 

27.00 

8.8 

15042 

14.20 

1.87 

0.27 

16.34 

16.07 

16.00 

29.00 

9.0 

15157 

13.71 

3.22 

0.93 

17.86 

16.93 

16.00 

30.87 

9.1 

14707 

11.16 

5.25 

0.55 

16.96 

16.41 

16.00 

30.90 

9.4 

15207 

14.34 

3.27 

0.33 

17.94 

17.61 

16.00 

33.50 

9.5 

14482 

12.29 

3.47 

0.15 

15.91 

15.76 

16.00 

30.64 

9.7 

14417 

14.64 

2.20 

0.19 

17.03 

16.84 

16.00 

33.00 

9.8 

14934 

11.36 

4.64 

2.01 

18.01 

16.00 

16.00 

32.00 

10.0 

14542 

12.67 

2.62 

1.64 

16.93 

15.29 

16.00 

32.00 

10.4 

14971 

13.26 

2.92 

0.36 

16.54 

16.18 

14.00 

35.00 

10.8 

15074 

12.01 

3.70 

1.52 

17.23 

15.71 

16.00 

34.00 

10.8 

14499 

13.33 

1.89 

0.90 

16.12 

15.22 

16.00 

33.00 

10.8 

14514 

14.02 

1.94 

0.20 

16.16 

15.96 

14.00 

35.00 

11.0 

14795 

13.50 

3.32 

0.22 

17.04 

16.82 

16.00 

38.00 

11.3 

15113 

13.58 

2.90 

0.32 

16.80 

16.48 

16.00 

40.00 

12.1 

14478 

13.55 

3.37 

0.26 

17.18 

16.92 

16.00 

14813 

14.41 

3.19 

0.14 

17.74 

17.60 

16.00 

14879 

12.61 

2.96 

1.39 

16.96 

15.57 

16.00 

14986 

9.52 

5.55 

1.14 

16.21 

15.07 

16.00 

The  percentage  of  available  phosphoric  acid  in  Sample  14542,  Royster's 
Acid  Phosphate,  was  not  so  high  as  guaranteed.  A  second  sample  14879 
of  the  same  brand  contained  a  higher  percentage  of  available  acid  than 
the  first,  but  still  did  not  fully  meet  its  guaranty. 


POTASH   SALTS.  25 

14934.  Sold  by  Coe-Mortimer  Co.,  New  York  City.  Stock  of 
J.  E.  Stoddard,  Abington. 

14542.  Sold  by  F.  S.  Royster  Guano  Co.,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Stock  of  J.  R.  Reinhard  &  Sons,  West  Cheshire. 

14971.  Sold  by  Listers  Agricultural  Chemical  Works,  Newark, 
N.  J.     Stock  of  W.  H.  Carrier,  Glastonbury. 

15074.  Sold  by  Lowell  Fertilizer  Co.,  Boston,  Mass.  Stock- 
of  H.  B.  Brownson,  Shelton. 

14499.  Sold  by  Apothecaries  Hall  Co.,  Waterbury.  Sampled 
at  factory. 

14514.  Sold  by  American  Agricultural  Chemical  Co.,  New 
York  City.     Stock  of  Spencer  Bros.,  Sufheld. 

14795.  Sold  by  Bowker  Fertilzer  Co.,  New  York  City.  Stock 
of  Geo.  E.  Ackley  Co.,  New  Milford. 

15113.  Sold  by  Listers  Agricultural  Chemical  Works,  Newark, 
N.  J.     Stock  of  B.  C.  Wooding,  Yalesville. 

14478.  Sold  by  L.  T.  Frisbie  Co.,  New  Haven.  Sampled  at 
factory. 

14813.  Sold  by  Wilcox  FertiUzer  Co.,  Mystic.  Sampled  at 
factory. 

14879.  Sold  by  F.  S.  Royster  Guano  Co.,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Stock  of  W.  S.  Brown,  Trumbull. 

14986.  Sold  by  American  Agricultural  Chemical  Co.,  New  York 
City.     Stock  of  W.  H.  Latimer  &  Son,  Southington. 


III.     RAW  MATERIALS  OF  HIGH  GRADE 

CONTAINING  POTASH. 

COTTON  HULL  ASHES. 

15171.  Sent  by  Olds  &  Whipple,  Hartford.  Stock  of  Windsor 
Tobacco  Growers'  Corp.,  Windsor.  It  contained  19.42  per  cent, 
of  potash. 

POTASH  SALTS  AND  OTHER  MATERIALS  CONTAINING 
WATER-SOLUBLE  POTASH. 

14931.  Kainit.  Sold  by  F.  S.  Royster  Guano  Co.,  Baltimore, 
Md.  Stock  of  Knowles,  Lombard  Co.,  Guilford.  It  contained 
14.21  per  cent,  potash  and  cost  $45.00  per  ton,  making  the  cost  of 
actual  potash  15.8  cents  per  pound. 

14929.  Muriate  of  potash.  Sold  by  F.  S.  Royster  Guano  Co., 
Baltimore,  Md.  Stock  of  Knowles,  Lombard  Co.,  Guilford.  It 
contained  56.68  per  cent,  potash  and  sold  for  $165  per  ton,  making 
the  cost  of  actual  potash  14.5  cents  per  pound. 

14284.  Nebraska  Potash.,  Sold  by  Standard  Potash  Co., 
Lakeside,  Neb.     It  contained  27.30  per  cent,  potash. 

15023.  Potash-Lime.  Sent  by  Dexter  Portland  Cement  Co., 
Nazareth,  Pa.  It  contained  3.13  per  cent,  potash  and  33.28  per 
cent,  of  lime. 


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CONNECTICUT   EXPERIMENT   STATION   BULLETIN   223. 


IV.     MATERIALS  CONTAINING  NITROGEN 
AND  PHOSPHORIC  ACID. 

FISH  MANURES. 

Sixteen  samples  were  examined,  eleven  of  which  were  sampled 
by  the  Station  Agent  and  five  by  purchasers.  Analyses  appear 
in  Table  IV. 

Sample  14585  was  stated  to  be  bought  by  Mr.  Fiske  for  his 
own  use  from  the  New  England  Fertlizer  Co.  It  is  not  a  brand 
registered  by  them. 

Three  of  the  samples,  15125,  Lowell  Fertilizer  Co. ;  15114,  At- 
lantic Packing  Co.;  and  15136,  A.  L.  Koster,  contained  much  less 
nitrogen  than  was  guaranteed. 

The  average  percentage  of  nitrogen,  though  with  a  wide  range,  is 
about  8.33;  of  available  phosphoric  acid,  6.01;  and  the  cost  per  ton, 
ranging  from  $80  to  $115,  has  averaged  about  $99.64. 

Allowing  10  cents  per  pound  for  available  phosphoric  acid,  the  nitro- 
gen in  fish  manures  has  had  an  average  cost  of  52.6  cents  per  pound. 

Table  IV.     Analyses  op 


d 

Manufacturer  or  Wholesale  Dealer. 

Dealer  or  Purchaser. 

14418 
14645 
15114 
14574 
14989 
15130 
15125 
14585 

Sampled  by  Station: 

American  Agr.  Chem.  Co 

Apothecaries'  Hall  Co 

Atlantic  Packing  Co 

Berkshire  Fertz.  Co 

East  Harbor  Fertz.  Co 

A.  L.  Koster 

Lowell  Fertz.  Co 

E.  N.  Austin,  Suffield 

Wm.  Reeves,  Windsorville 

John  Helm,  So.  Windsor 

Manufacturer. '. 

Wybern  Farms,  Melrose 

Michael  Cannon,  Rockville 

T.  J.  Coleman,  Warehouse  Pt 

W.  E.  Fiske,  Warehouse  Pt 

14537 
14930 
14644 

15183== 

Olds  &  Whipple 

F.  S.  Royster  Guano  Co 

Wilcox  Fertz.  Co 

Sampled  by  Purchaser: 
"Fish  Meal,"  East  Coast  Fisher- 
ies Products  Co 

A.  L.  Koster 

Wilcox  Fertz.  Co 

No.  2 

No.    1 ; 

Manufacturer 

C.  R.  Woodford  &  Sons,  Avon 

Bloomstein  &  Adler,  Burnside 

American  Sumatra  Tobacco  Co., 
East  Hartford               

15136 
14238 

Fassler  &  Silberman,  Hartford .... 
American  Sumatra  Tobacco  Co., 
East  Hartford 

14346 
14345 

Silverherz  Tobacco  Co.,  Rockville. 
Silverherz  Tobacco  Co.,  Rockville. 

1  0.39  per  cent,  nitrogen  in  nitrates. 
'  Contains  0.76  per  cent,  chlorine. 


2  0.16  per  cent,  nitrogen  in  nitrates. 


SLAUGHTER  HOUSE  TANKAGE. 


27 


SLAUGHTER  HOUSE  TANKAGE. 
Table  V,  page  28. 

Fifteen  samples  were  examined.  Six  of  these  were  sampled  by 
the  Station  Agent,  seven  were  submitted  by  purchasers,  and  two 
by  a  manufacturer  for  determinations  of  nitrogen  availability. 
14062,  Tankage  base,  prepared  from  slaughter-house  tankage, 
contained  1.64  per  cent,  of  water-insoluble  organic  nitrogen, 
78.2  per  cent,  of  which  was  in  active  form.  14063,  Bone  Tankage, 
contained  2.79  per  cent,  of  water-insoluble  organic  nitrogen, 
87.0  per  cent,  of  which  was  in  active  form.  The  neutral  per- 
manganate method  was  employed  in  both  cases. 

Analyses  of  the  remaining  samples  appear  in  Table  V. 

One  of  the  samples  taken  by  the  Station  Agent,  15204,  Atlantic 
Packing  Co.,  was  far  below  its  guaranty  in  nitrogen  and  phosphoric 
acid,  and  four  others,  14475  and  14881,  Conn.  Fat  Rendering  and 
Fertilizing  Corp.,  14855,  Piedmont-Mt.  Airy  Guano  Co.,  and 
14918,  M.  L.  Shoemaker  &  Co.,  were  deficient  in  phosphoric  acid. 


Fish  Manures. 


Nitrogen. 

Phosphoric  acid. 

Total  phosphoric 
acid. 

.2 
'c 
o 
B 
B 

M 
O 

< 

a 
o 

o 

"o 

0! 

'-1 

0 

3 

11 

0 

13 

a 
0 

3 
0 

0 

a 

0 
0 

0.23 
0.17 
0.18 
0.60 
0.52 
3.90 
0.21 
0.23 
0.20 
0.23 
0.66 

0.15 
1.16 
0.46 

0.20 
0.92 

8.92 
8.81 
7.28 
7.69 
8.48 
5.13 
7.08 
7.67 
7.85 
8.28 
7.96 

9.09 
5.13 
8.10 

7.74 

7.78 

9.15 

9.371 

7.46 

8.29 

9.00 

9.03 

7.29 

7.93 

8.05 

8.51 

8.782 

9.24 
6.29 

8.56 

7.94 
8.70 

8.23 
8.20 
7.81 
8.23 
8.23 
8.23 
7.81 
7.41 
8.23 
8.22 
8.24 

8;2.3 

0^50 
0.50 
0.75 
0.70 
0.33 
0.51 
0.43 
0.57 
0.35 
1.56 

0.58 
0.50 

2.38 

0.50 
1.23 

5*92 
5.31 

4.52 
3.78 
5.85 
4.86 
4.93 
8.99 
7.77 
4.49 

8.92 
6.40 
2.35 

5.82 
4.51 

L52 

0.43 
0.95 
0.91 
1.60 
0.23 
0.38 
4.45 
4.03 
0.77 

3.08 
0.58 
0.83 

5.32 
1.33 

8.66 
7.94 
6.24 
6.22 
5.39 
7.78 
5.60 
5.74 
14.01 
12.15 
6.82 

12.58 
7.48 
5.56 

11.64 
7.07 

6.00 
5.50 
5.50 
6.00 
6.00 
3.00 
5.50 
14.00 
5.50 
5.00 
5.00 

3. '06 

$100.00 

115.00 

80.00 

100.00 

95.00 

106^66 

105.00 

99.75 

106.00 

96"66 

28  CONNECTICUT   EXPEEIMENT   STATION   BULLETIN   223. 

Table  V.     Analyses  of 


Manufacturer. 


Dealer  or  Purchaser. 


14486 
15204 
14475 
14881 
14855 
14918 


15188 
14344 
15389 
15382 

15383 

15384 

15774 


Sam-pled  by  Station: 

Apothecaries  Hall  Co 

Atlantic  Packing  Co 

Conn.  Fat  Rend.  &  Fertz.  Corp 

Conn.  Fat  Rend.  &  Fertz.  Corp.  .  .  . 
Piedmont — Mt.  Airy  Guano  Co.  .  . 
M.  L.  Shoemaker  &  Co 

Sampled  by  Purchaser: 
Apothecaries  Hall  Co 

Apothecaries  Hall  Co 

Godfrey    FertiUzer    &    Chem'l    Co., 

Newark, N.J. 

Godfrey  Fertilizer  &  Chemical  Co., 

Newark,   N.  J 

Godfrey  Fertilizer  &  Chemical  Co., 

Newark,  N.  J 

Godfrey  Fertilizer  &  Chemical  Co., 

Newark,  N.  J 


R.  H.  Morgan,  West  Cheshire. 

Manufacturer 

Manufacturer 

F.  A.  Forbes,  East  Haven .... 
Minor  Ives,  South  Meriden.  .  . 
H.  B.  Cornwall,  Meriden 

Barnes  Bros.  Nursery  Co 

Chas.  Johnson,  Gaylordsville. . 
A.  N.  Pierson,  Inc.,  Cromwell. 

A.  N.  Pierson,  Inc.,  Cromwell. 

A.  N.  Pierson,  Inc.,  Cromwell. 

A.  N.  Pierson,  Inc.,  Cromwell. 

A.  N.  Pierson,  Inc.,  Cromwell. 


^  0.16  per  cent,  nitrogen  in  nitrates. 

BONE  MANURES. 
Table  VI,  page  30. 

The  analyses  of  19  samples,  of  which  15  were  drawn  by  the 
Station  Agent,  are  given  in  table  VI. 

14420  is  not  a  brand  registered  in  tliis  State,  but  is  stated  to 
have  been  shipped  by  mistake  to  E.  N.  Austin  by  the  Springfield 
Rendering  Co.,  Springfield,  Mass. 

One  sample,  15065,  from  the  Piedmont-Mt.  Airy  Guano  Co., 
failed  to  meet  its  guaranty  of  nitrogen. 

The  average  amounts  of  nitrogen  and  phosphoric  acid  found  in  these 
samples  have  been  3.43  and  23.45  per  cent,  respectively,  and  the  average 
cost,  ranging  from  $51.50  to  $76,  has  been  $63.15.  Allowing  50  cents 
per  pound  for  nitrogen,  phosphoric  acid  has  cost  6.1  cents. 

GARBAGE  TANKAGE. 

14696  is  tankage  prepared  from  city  garbage.  Sent  by  the  Health 
Dept.,  Bridgeport.  It  contained  2.30  per  cent,  of  nitrogen  and 
3.30  per  cent,  of  phosphoric  acid.  78  per  cent,  of  the  material 
was  in  particles  coarser  than  1-50  inch. 


SLAUGHTER  HOUSE  TANKAGE. 


29 


Slatjghtek  House  Tankage. 


Nitrogen. 

Phosphoric  acid. 

Mechanical 
analysis. 

C3 

'3 

o 

S 
S 

< 

6 
'2 

O 

o 

'^ 
o 

■a 
a 

ci 

3 
0 

-6 
d 
0 
0 

T3 
(0 

"S 
0 

■5.2 

^^ 
+^  d 

SO 

^^ 
0 

0 

0 

a 

0 
0 

0.14 

5.55 

5.69 

5.79 

16.49 

15.00 

33.00 

67.00 

$65.00 

0.61 

3.95 

4.93 

4.73 

14.00 

51.00 

49.00 

56.50 

0.54 

2.94 

3.48 

3.23 

22.88 

25.42 

47.00 

53.00 

40.00 

0.18 

3.09 

3.27 

3.23 

22.98 

25.42 

41.00 

59.00 

45.00 

0.16 

4.70 

4.86 

4.93 

10.82 

13.73 

49.00 

51.00 

57.00 

0.10 

7.31 

7.571 

7.40 

9.81 

15.00 

65.00 

35.00 

75.50 

0.23 

5.82 

6.05 

6.34 

14.24' 

12.20 

34.00 

66.00 

60.49 

0.12 

7.02 

3.23 
3.92 
4.46 
4.23 

11.82 

25.57 

5.54 
12.45 
10.93 

0.30 

4.20 

4.50 

4.84 

10.67 

12.00 

MIXED  BONE  AND  TANKAGE. 

14866.  Listers  Celebrated  Ground  Bone  and  Tankage  Acidu- 
lated, made  by  Listers  Agricultural  Chemical  Works,  Newark, 
N.  J.     Stock  of  S.  J.  Orr,  West  Suffield;    cost  $54  per  ton. 

Percentage  Composition  op  Mixed  Bone  and  Tankage. 

Total  nitrogen  found 2.81 

Total  nitrogen  guaranteed 2.67 

Total  phosphoric  acid  found 13.42 

Total  phosphoric  acid  guaranteed 12.00 


AYERAGE  COST  OF  PLANT  FOOD  IN  FERTILIZER  MATERALS 

From  the  foregoing  analyses  of  the  various  fertilizing  materials 
sold  in  Connecticut  during  the  present  year,  the  following  state- 
ment is  prepared  showing  what  has  been  the  approximate  average 
cost  per  pound  of  nitrogen,  phosphoric  acid  and  potash : 


30  CONNECTICUT   EXPERIMENT   STATION   BULLETIN   223. 

Table  VI.     Analyses  of 


Manufacturer  and  Brand. 


Dealer  or  Purchaser. 


15056 
15060 
15062 
15057 
15063 
15055 
15064 
14420 

15061 
15065 
15058 

15124 

15053 

15054 
15059 


15209 
14298 
14341 
14396 


Sampled  by  Station: 
Am.  Agr.  Chem.  Co.,  Fine  Ground  Bone.. 
Atlantic  Packing  Co.,  Fine  Bone  Meal.  .  . 
Berkshire  Fertz.  Co.,  Fine  Ground  Bone.. 
Bowker  Fertz.  Co.,  Fresh  Ground  Bone.  . 
Coe-Mortimer  Co.,  Fine  Ground  Bone.  .  . 

L.  T.  Frisbie  Co.,  Fine  Bone  Meal 

Lowell  Fertz.  Co.,  Ground  Bone  23^—26. 
Manchester  Rendering   Co.,    Manchester, 

New  Hampshire 

Pawtucket  Ren.  Co.,  Ground  Bone 

Piedmont-Mt.  Airy  Guano  Co.,  Bone  Meal 
Rogers  &  Hubbard  Co.,  Strictly  Pure  Fine 

Bone 

Rogers  &  Hubbard  Co.,  Pure  Raw  Knuckle 

Bone  Flour 

Sanderson    Fertz.     &     Chem.     Co.,     Fine 

Ground  Bone 

M.  L.  Shoemaker,  Swift-Sure  Bone  Meal. 
Worcester  Rendering  Co.,  Prosperity 

Royal  Worcester  Ground  Steamed  Bone 

Sampled  by  Purchaser. 

Armour  Fertz.  Co.,  Bone  Meal 

Berkshire  Fertz.  Co.,  Bone  Meal 

L.  T.  Frisbie  Co.,  Pure  Fine  Ground  Bone 


Spencer  Bros.,  Suffield 

T.  H.  Eldredge,  Norwich 

Manufacturer 

Israel  Andrews,  Milldale 

Morrison  &  Dunham,  Bethel 

Stanley  Svea  Coal  Co.,  New  Britain 
S.  T.  Welden,  Simsbury 

E.  N.  Austin,  Suffield 

Chas.  A.  Templeton,  Inc.,Waterbury 
Farmers'  Exchange,  Woodstock .... 

Joseph  Kincaid,  Jr.,  Middletown.  .  . 

Cadwell  &  Jones,  Hartford 


Manufacturer 

Olds  &  Whipple,  Hartford . 


G.  M.  Williams  Co.,  New  London.  . 


Horace  Homer,  Cos  Cob 

A.  T.  Henry,  Wallingford 

A.  E.  Plant  Son's  Co.,  Branford. 
John  H.  Gasser,  Bethel 


Cents  per  pound_ 

Nitrogen  in  nitrates 25.6 

sulphate  of  ammonia 23.6 

cotton  seed  meal 54.5*  to  61.2 

castor  pomace 48.6*  to  52.8 

fish.  . _.  . 52.5t 

Total  phosphoric  acid  in  raw  ground  rock 2.7 

in  "barium-phosphate" 6.7  to  7.2 

bone 6.1§ 

Available  phosphoric  acid  in  precipitated  phosphate.  .  7.5 

basic  lime  phosphate 8.4 

acid  phosphate 10.1 

Potash (about)   16.0 


*  Allowing  7  cents  and  12  cents,  respectively,  for  the  phosphoric  acid 
and  potash  contained  in  it. 

t  Allowing  10.1  cents  per  pound  for  available  phosphoric  acid, 
§  Allowing  50  cents  per  pound  for  the  nitrogen. 


BONE    MANURES. 

Bone  Manures. 


31 


Niti 

ogen. 

Phosphoric  acid. 

Mechanical  analysis. 

o 

a 

o 

Found. 

d 

03 

n 
O 

i.s 

d-H 

O 

c 
o 

a 

O 

O 

3.64 

2.47 

23 .  16 

22.88 

40 

60 

$58.00 

2.72 

2.05 

26.38 

25.00 

62 

38 

63.00 

4.20 

3.30 

20.24 

20.00 

46 

54 

60.00 

2.59 

2.47 

26.17 

22.88 

64 

36 

61.00 

2.51 

2.47 

25.13 

22.83 

69 

31 

60.00 

3.24 

2.47 

26.02 

20.00 

48 

52 

64.00 

3.32 

2.05 

24.82 

27.00 

43 

57 

52.00 

2.85 

2.50 

25.38 

26.00 

52 

48 

3.98 

2.47 

21.36 

20.00 

59 

41 

65.00 

1.94 

2.47 

22.29 

20.00 

51 

49 

3.67 

3.29 

23.41 

20.59 

60 

40 

73.00 

3.84 

3.82 

24.69 

24.70 

76 

24 

76.00 

3.39 

2.47 

23.67 

22.88 

45 

55 

51.50 

4.72 

4.53 

24.69 

20.00 

65 

35 

70.00 

2.90 

2.47 

23.97 

20.00 

54 

46 

68.00 

2.18 

27.03 

47 

53 

4.63 

4.ii 

18.86 

3.57 

2.47 

24.46 

20.00 

44 

56 

4.04 

17.49 

60.66 

It  appears  that  mineral  forms  of  nitrogen,  in  nitrates  and  sul- 
phate of  ammonia,  have  cost  only  half  as  much  as  in  most  organic 
forms.  There  is  no  question  that  they  are  more  quickly  and  com- 
pletely available  than  other  forms,  and  under  most  conditions 
more  economical  to  use  at  the  present  time.  Moreover,  in  com- 
parison with  organic  forms,  they  will  have  to  be  used  in  relatively 
larger  amounts  in  the  future.  Organic  materials,  tankage,  fish, 
cotton  seed  meal,  and  even  bone  to  a  smaller  extent,  are  being 
used  more  and  more  as  cattle  feeds.  Their  prices  have  greatly 
increased  and  the  supply  for  fertilizers  greatly  diminished. 

In  the  brands  of  mixed  fertilizers  sold  in  the  State,  mineral 
forms  of  nitrogen  in  1890  made  21.5  per  cent,  of  the  total  nitro- 
gen; in  1900,  22  per  cent.;  in  1910,  41  per  cent.;  and  in  1919,  49 
per  cent. 


32 


CONNECTICUT   EXPEKIMENT   STATION   BULLETIN   223. 


Other  forms  of  mineral  nitrogen,  such  as  nitrate  of  ammonia, 
nitrate  of  lime  and  phosphate  of  ammonia,  obtained  by  the  fixa- 
tion of  atmospheric  nitrogen,  will  doubtless  be  put  on  the  market 
in  the  near  future. 

The  Stations  and  the  users  of  fertilizers  have  the  problem  of 
determining  which  forms  of  mineral  nitrogen  are  the  most  con- 
venient and  economical  for  use,  mixed  or  unmixed,  on  our  various 
crops. 

V.     MIXED  FERTILIZERS. 

NITROGENOUS  SUPERPHOSPHATES  WITHOUT  POTASH. 

In  the  following  table  are  analyses  of  92  samples,  89  of  which 
were  drawn  by  the  Station  Agent  by  the  methods  prescribed  by 
law. 

Composition  and  Cost  of  the  Brands. 

4  samples  have  a  guaranty  of    .82  per  cent,  nitrogen. 


16        " 

'       "          "         "   1.65 

8        " 

I       u          u          u  2  47        " 

21 

'       "          "          "  3!25        " 

28 

<        «          «          "411         " 

12 

'       "  still  higher  nitrogen  guaranty 

89 

This  year  68%  of  the  brands  had  3.25  per  cent,  or  more  of 
nitrogen  (equivalent  to  4  per  cent,  ammonia).  Last  year  the  per- 
centage was  58.  This  indicates  that  in  general  the  brands  sold 
this  year  have  been  of  higher  grade  than  last  year.  The  National 
Fertilizer  Association  has  urged  on  manufacturers  the  abandon- 
ment of  low  grade  brands,  and  the  Station  has  repeatedly  pointed 
out  the  false  economy  of  buying  "cheap"  or  low  grade  goods. 

The  question  for  the  buyer  to  decide  is  not  what  brands  are 
cheapest,  but  in  what  brands  available  nitrogen,  phosphoric  acid 
and  potash  can  be  most  cheaply  bought. 

The  following  average  figures  are  taken  from  the  table  of  analy- 
ses: 


Guaranty. 

With  available  phos.  acid 

itrogen. 

Available 

Cost 

worth  10  cents  per  lb.  ni- 

Phos. acid. 

per  ton. 

trogen  costs,  cents  per  lb. 

0.82 

10 

$46.00 

158.0 

1.65 

10 

48.03 

84.9 

2.87 

10 

52.97 

66.7 

2.57 

10 

55.65 

62.1 

3.29 

10 

58.61 

58.7 

4.11 

8 

61.75 

55.6 

The  lowest  priced  brand,  .82-10,  sells  for 
in  it  costs  over  $1.50  per  pound. 


,  and  the  nitrogen 


NITROGENOUS    SUPERPHOSPHATES.  33 

The  highest  priced  brand,  4.11-8,  sells  for  S61.75,  but  the  nitro- 
gen in  it  costs  only  about  one-third  as  much  as  it  does  in  the  lowest 
priced  brand. 

Guaranties. 

Two  of  the  brands  examined  were  deficient  in  nitrogen,  13  in 
available  phosphoric  acid,  and  7  in  both  of  these  ingredients. 

In  most  cases,  however,  a  deficiency  of  one  ingredient  was  made 
up  in  money  equivalent  by  an  overrun  of  the  other  ingredient. 

Nine  samples,  however,  failed  to  thus  make  good  the  money 
equivalent  by  the  amounts  named  below,  available  phosphoric 
acid  being  valued  at  10  cents  and  nitrogen  at  50  cents  per  pound. 

15119  A.  A.  C.  Co. 's  Special  Vegetable  Fertilizer $3.30 

15025  Armour's  4-10-0 3.80 

14751  Atlantic  Packing  Co.'s  4-8 1.92 

14546  Frisbie's  2-8 1.46 

14651          "            5-8 5.62 

15078  Lowell  Fertz.  Co.'s  Tobacco  5-6 3.52 

15010  Parmenter  &  Polsey  Fertzr.  Co.'s  Tobacco  5-4 2.18 

14945  Piedmont- Mt.  Airy  Guano  Co.'s  Brown's  Special 

Fertilizer 6.88 

14610  Royster  Guano  Co.'s  Landmark , 3.40 


Quality  of  the  Nitrogen. 

The  solubility  of  the  organic  nitrogen  has  been  determined  in 
all  samples,  and  in  no  case  was  evidence  found  of  the  presence  of 
inferior  ammoniates. 

Analyses  Needing  Special  Notice. 

14651.  Frisbie's  5-8  was  below  its  guaranteed  composition  in 
both  nitrogen  and  "available"  phosphoric  acid.  The  firm  wrote 
that  it  would  endeavor  to  adjust  the  shortage  with  the  purchaser, 
and  befieving  that  the  analysis  did  not  represent  the  average  quality 
of  the  goods,  asked  that  another  sample  be  drawn.  This  was  done 
and  analysis  No.  15163  of  the  same  brand  fully  met  the  guaranty. 

14610.  Royster's  Landmark  was  also  below  the  guaranteed 
composition  in  both  nitrogen  and  "available"  phosphoric  acid. 

The  firm  asked  to  have  another  sample  analyzed,  but  the  sam- 
pling agent  was  unable  to  find  it  in  stock  in  the  state. 


34  CONNECTICUT    EXPERIMENT   STATION   BULLETIN   223. 

Table  VII.     Nitrogenous  Superphosphates 


Manufacturer  and  Brand. 


Place  of  Sampling. 


Sampled  by  Station: 

American  Agricultural  Chem.  Co.,  New  York  City 

Ammoniated  Fertilizer  A 

Ammoniated  Fertilizer  AA 

Ammoniated  Fertilizer  AAA 

Ammoniated  Fertilizer  AAAA ' 

Ammoniated  Fertilizer  AAAA 

Five  Eight  Fertilizer 

^Special  Vegetable  Fertilizer 

Tobacco  Special 

Bradley's  Special  Corn  Phosphate  without  Potash . 
Bradley's  Special  Potato  Fertz.  without  Potash.  .  . 

Apothecaries  Hall  Co.,  Waterbury,  Conn. 

Liberty  Corn,  Fruit  and  All  Crops 

Liberty  Market  Gardeners'  Special 

Liberty  Potato  and  Vegetable  Special 

Liberty  Tobacco  Special 

Libei'ty  Top  Dresser  for  Grass  and  Grain 

Armour  Fertilizer  Works,  Chrome,  N.  J. 

*4-10-0 

Atlantic  Packing  Co.,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Atlantic  2-8 

*Atlantic  4-S 

Berkshire  Fertilizer  Co.,  Bridgeport,  Conn. 

Economical  Grass  Fertilizer 

Grass  Special 

Long  Island  Special 

Tobacco  Grower 

Tobacco  Starter 

F.  E.  Boardman,  Middletown,  Conn. 

Fertilizer  for  General  Crops 

Bowker  Fertilizer  Co.,  New  York  City. 

Superphosphate  with  Ammonia  2% 

Superphosphate  with  Ammonia  3% 

Superphosphate  with  Ammonia  4% 

Superphosphate  with  Ammonia  5% 

Tobacco  Grower 


North  Haven 
New  Canaan. 
Southport .  .  . 
Southport .  .  . 
New  Haven . . 

Windsor 

Rockville.  .  .  . 
Simsbury.  .  .  . 

Norwich 

Norwich.  .... 


Waterbury .  . 
Cheshire ... 
Waterbury . 
Windsorville. 
Waterbury . 


Waterbury . 


New  Britain . 
Norwich 


Ellington. 
Chester.  . 
Milf ord .  . 
Ellington . 
Suffield... 


Middletown. 


Watertown 

Milldale 

Milldale 

South  Manchester. 
Thompsonville .  .  .  . 


See  note,  page  33. 


NITROGENOUS  SUPERPHOSPHATES. 


35 


WITHOUT  Potash 


Nit 

• 

X! 

3 

3 
o 

c3 

a 

.S  o 

ti 

a  +? 

a 

oj 

M& 

a 

a 

O 

Total. 


Phosphoric  Acid. 


_a5 
3 
_3 

3 

3 

"o 
a 

O 

3.24 

0.82 

5.53 

1.45 

4.30 

1.32 

3.62 

2.85 

4.10 

2.61 

3.75 

1.93 

3.81 

1.39 

3.84 

0.27 

4.40 

2.53 

3.98 

2.53 

3.06 

1.30 

2.54 

0.14 

2.59 

0.78 

1.87 

0.55 

1.83 

0.72 

2.24 

1.18 

3.42 

0.29 

3.42 

1.83 

3.65 

0.61 

1.85 

0.45 

5.43 

0.61 

3.90 

0.13 

3.52 

0.33 

3.86 

0.97 

4.85 

1.75 

3.72 

1.70 

3.94 

1.19 

2.69 

1.01 

3.88 

0.20 

Total. 


So-called 
'Available. 


)50.00 
50.00 
63.00 
58.00 
55.00 

58!  00 
76.25 
48.00 
48.00 


43.20 

48!  60 
72.20 
66.50 


59.00 


48.00 
39.75 


82.50 
72.00 
56.50 
70.50 


50.00 


47.00 
54.75 
60.75 

76!  00 


none 
0.17 
0.18 
0.55 
0.52 
1.58 
1.15 
1.20 
none 
0.13 


none 
none 
none 
0.19 
0.12 


0.10 


0.07 
0.57 


5.62 
2.46 
1.80 
0.34 
3.05 


1.25 


0.22 
none 
0.97 
0.89 
0.72 


0.26 
0.54 
0.85 
0.66 
0.67 
0.12 
1.00 
0.04 
0.45 
0.46 


0.33 
1.67 
1.09 
0.87 
3.02 


1.28 


0.54 
0.98 


0.66 
0.99 
0.18 
0.54 
0.46 


0.58 


0.20 
1.04 
1.22 
1.07 
0.53 


0.37 
0.63 
0.25 
0.86 
0.80 
1.30 
0.04 
0.09 
0.47 
0.18 


0.73 
0.44 
0.67 
0.13 
0.42 


0.33 


0.43 
0.69 


0.45 
1.21 
0.27 
0.31 
0.40 


0.08 


0.32 
0.27 
0.09 
0.60 
none 


0.41 
0.87 
1.39 
1.60 
1.58 
1.50 
0.83 
3.03 
0.92 
0.99 


0.84 
1.27 
0.80 
3.13 
1.40 


1.17 


0.59 
1.10 


0.53 
0.47 
1.26 
3.32 
1.38 


1.70 


0.97 
1.50 
1.28 
1.71 
3.16 


1.04 

0.82 

7.50 

2.21 

1.65 

4.27 

2.67 

2.47 

5.94 

3.67 

3.29 

6.00 

3.57 

3.29 

5.89 

4.50 

4.11 

4.86 

3.02 

3.29 

5.89 

4.36 

4.11 

1.08 

1.84 

1.65 

5.84 

1.76 

1.65 

6.36 

1.90 

1.65 

7.23 

3.38 

3.29 

8.97 

2.56 

2.47 

8.69 

4.32 

4.11 

3.06 

4.96 

4.94 

6.99 

2.88 

'  3.29 

7.91 

1.63 

1.64 

4.38 

3.34 

3.28 

3.32 

7.26 

7.40 

2.23 

5.13 

5.00 

2.69 

3.51 

3.30 

3.04 

4.51 

4.11 

1.27 

5.29 

5.00 

1.37 

3.61 

3.29 

3.17 

1.71 

1.65 

5.18 

2.81 

2.47 

6.46 

3.56 

3.29 

6.55 

4.27 

4.11 

8.04 

4.41 

4.11 

1.42 

.56 
.25 
.56 
.47 
.60 
.54 
.09 
.19 
.77 
.87 


11.59 

11.65 

12.06 

5.48 

9.54 


11.33 


8.09 

8.57 


6.49 
4.99 
9.08 
5.30 
5.22 


8.00 


11.78 
11.88 
11.68 
11.74 
5.50 


11.00 

11.00 

11.00 

5.00 

9.00 


10.50 


9.00 
9.00 


8.00 
5.00 
9.00 
4.00 
5.00 


11.00 

11.00 

11.00 

9.00 

5.00 


10.74 

10.00 

9.80 

10.00 

10.24 

10.00 

9.62 

10.00 

9.99 

10.00 

8.61 

8.00 

9.70 

10.00 

4.92 

4.00 

10.24 

10.00 

10.34 

10.00 

10.29 

10.00 

11.51 

10.00 

11.28 

10.00 

4.93 

4.00 

8.82 

8.00 

10.15 

10.00 

7.80 

8.00 

6.74 

8.00 

5.88 

4.00 

4.54 

4.00 

8.47 

8.00 

5.17 

4.00 

4.89 

4.00 

7.03 

7.00 

10.03 

10.00 

10.18 

10.00 

10.49 

10.00 

10.73 

8.00 

5.30 

4.00 

14949 
14794 
14952 
14525 
14875 
15115 
15119 
14862 
14688 
14689 


14957 
14796 
14958 
14747 
14858 


15025 


14797 
14751 


14873 
15024 
14792 
14590 
14904 


14859 


15035 
14597 
14744 
14909 
14640 


36  CONNECTICUT   EXPEEIMENT   STATION   BULLETIN   223. 

Table  VII.     Nitrogenous  Superphosphates 


Manufacturer  and  Brand. 


Place  of  Sampling. 


Sam'pled  by  Station: 

E.  D.  Chittenden  Co.,  Bridgeport,  Conn. 
Complete  Tobacco  &  Onion  Grower  without  Potash.. 

Tobacco  Special  without  Potash 

Vegetable  and  Onion  Grower  without  Potash 


E.  B.  Clark  Seed  Co.,  Milford,  Conn. 

Special  Mixture  for  General  Use 


The  Coe-Mortimer  Co.,  New  York  City. 

Gardeners'  and  Truckers'  Special  1916 

High  Grade  Ammoniated  Superphosphate  1916. 

Prolific  Crop  Producer  1916 

Tobacco  Special 


The  Essex  Fertilizer  Co.,  Boston,  Mass. 

33^-10 

Tobacco  5-6 


=2-8. 
5-6.. 

5-8. 


The  L.  T.  Frisbie  Co.,  New  Haven,  Conn. 


5-8. 


The  Hubbard  Fertilizer  Co.,  Baltimore,  Md. 
4-10-0 


International  Agricultural  Corp.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Buffalo  Ammoniated  Phosphate 

Buffalo  Three  Ten 

Buffalo  Tobacco  Grower 

Buffalo  Tobacco  Special 

Buffalo  Top  Dresser  and  Starter 

I.  A.  C.  Tobacco  Crop 


Lister's  Agricultural  Chemical  Works,  Newark,  N.  J, 

Plant  Food  1916 

Superior  Ammoniated  Superphosphate  1916 


Lowell  Fertilizer  Co.,  Boston,  Mass. 

3J^-10-0 

5-8 

Dissolved  Bone  Fertilizer  2-10 

*Tobacco  5-6 


Suffield 

Enfield 

Greens  Farms 

Mifford 

Greenwich 

Milford 

Greenwich 

South  Windsor. . . . 

Wallingford 

East  Granby 

New  Britain 

Glastonbury 

East  Hartford 

Branf  ord 

Ellington 

Ansonia 

Tariffville 

West  Suffield 

East  Granby 

East  Granby 

Tariffville 

Danbury , 

Danbury 

Bloomfield 

Wallingford 

Shelton 

South  Manchester. 


*See  note,  page  33. 


NITROGENOUS    SUPERRHOSPHATES. 


37 


WITHOUT  Potash — {Continued). 


Nitrogen. 

Phosphoric  Acid. 

1 

c3 

6 

3 

.2 

_3 

Total. 

3 

3 
3 

a; 
3 

3 

Total. 

So-called 
"Available." 

TJ 

-a 

1 

d 
o 

s 

2"  0 

a 
2  ^ 

.*j 

3 

0 

.2 

0 

_^ 

a 

C3 

.p 

C3 

T) 

S  IS 

S  c3 

fl 

0. 

fcn 

Id 

a 

a 
1— 1 

0 

0 

0 

3 
0 

3 

0 

3 

0 

3 

0 

3 
0 

c3 
3 
0 

63.00 


45.00 


59.75 
51.00 
SI.  00 


55.00 
70.00 


ts.oo 

55.00 
59.75 

55.75 


t9.00 
)1.50 

i53!42 

i^3!75 


13.00 
1)0.75 


)7.00 


'3.00 


1.37 
2.14 
1.33 


0.10 


0.97 
none 
0.82 
none 


0.13 
0.98 


none 
1.09 
1.24 

0.78 


1.59 


0.39 
0.79 
1.98 
1.62 
0.37 
2.19 


none 
1.06 


0.12 
0.74 
0.16 
1.28 


1.01 
0.06 
0.52 


2.40 


1.80 
1.06 
1.07 
0.06 


1.18 
0.08 


0.48 
0.07 
0.10 

1.74 


0.07 
0.07 
none 
0.06 
1.91 
0.07 


0.11 
1.26 


0.84 
1.38 
0.62 
none 


0.08 
0.18 
none 


0.14 


0.37 
0.26 
0.51 
1.29 


0.47 
0.88 


0.59 

0.84 
0.81 


0.67 
2.09 
0.64 


0.84 


1.07 
1.22 
0.95 
2.85 


1.02 
1.72 


0.58 
1.61 
1.50 


1.82 


1.01 


0.63 
0.76 
0.56 
0.21 
1.51 
0.49 


0.38 
0.35 


0.91 
0.91 
0.39 
0.92 


0.47 


0.51 
0.74 
1.50 
1.33 
1.86 
1.33 


0.44 

0.84 


1.03 
1.16 
0.60 
1.54 


3.13 

4.47 
2.49 


3.48 


4.21 
2.54 
3.35 
4.20 


1.65 
3.61 
3.65 

4.34 


3.07 


1.60 
2.36 
4.04 
3.22 
5.65 
4.08 


0.93 
3.51 


2.90 
4.19 
1.77 
3.74 


3.29 
4.11 

2.47 


3.29 


4.11 
2.47 
3.29 
4.11 


2.87 
4.11 


1.65 
4.10 
4.10 

4.10 


3.28 


1.60 
2.50 
4.10 
3.30 
5.80 
4.10 


0.82 
3.29 


2.87 
4.10 
1.64 
4.10 


9.46 
4.14 
7.32 


8.15 


4.57 
6.82 
6.78 
1.02 


6.03 
1.77 


4.20 
2.51 
2.93 

4.85 


9.35 


8.63 
4.45 
1.69 
1.34 
4.03 
2.53 


7.21 
7.00 


7.20 
5.59 
4.32 
2.12 


1.38 
1.60 
3.38 


2.17 


3.82 
3.87 
3.58 
4.00 


3.83 
3.24 


3.07 
3.23 
4.51 

3.21 


1.96 


3.80 
6.19 
3.02 
2.46 
2.54 
2.53 


3.32 
2.95 


3.70 
3.41 

4.64 
2.92 


0.20 
0.32 
0.79 


0.64 


0.87 
1.54 
1.20 
0.15 


0.78 
2.06 


0.37 
2.15 
2.92 

0.31 


0.43 


1.68 
1.33 
0.46 
0.90 
1.39 
1.27 


.0.93 
1.61 


2.00 
0.70 
1.29 
2.12 


11.04 

6.06 

11.49 


10.96 


9.26 
12.23 
11.56 

5.17 


10.64 
7.07 


7.64 

7.89 

10.36 

8.37 


11.74 


14.11 
11.97 
5.17 
4.70 
7.96 
6.33 


11.46 
11.56 


12.90 
9.70 

10.25 
7.16 


11.00 

5.00 

11.00 


10.50 


9.00 
11.00 
11.00 

5.00 


11.00 
7.00 


9.00 
7.00 
9.00 

9.00 


11.00 


13.00 
11.00 
5.00 
4.00 
7.00 
5.00 


11.00 
11.00 


11.00 
9.00 

11.00 
6.00 


10.84 

5.74 

10.70 


10.32 


8.39 
10.69 
10.36 

5.02 


9.86 
5.01 


7.27 
5.74 
7.44 

8.06 


11.31 


12.43 
10.64 
4.71 
3.80 
6.57 
5.06 


10.53 
9.95 


10.90 
9.00 
8.96 
5.04 


10.00 

4.00 

10.00 


10.00 


8.00 
10.00 
10.00 

4.00 


10.00 
6.00 


8.00 
6.00 
8.00 

8.00 


10.00 


12.00 
10.00 
4.00 
3.00 
6.00 
4.00 


10.00 
10.00 


10.00 
8.00 

10.00 
5.00 


14906 
14908 
14976 


14815 


14775 
14814 
14774 
14973 


14914 
15083 


14546 
14913 
14651 

15163 


15044 


14772 
14863 
15128 
14820 
15009 
14821 


14823 
14822 


15082 
14943 
15051 
15078 


38  CONNECTICUT   EXPERIMENT   STATION   BULLETIN   223. 

Table  VII.     Nitrogenous  Superphosphates 


Manufacturer  and  Brand. 


Place  of  Sampling 


Sampled  hy  Station: 

The  Mapes  Formula  and  Peruvian  Guano  Co. 
New  York  City. 
General  Crop  1916 


National  Fertilizer  Co.,  New  York  City. 

5-4  Tobacco  Manure 

Nitrogen  Phosphate  Mixture  No.  1 

Nitrogen  Phosphate  Mixture  No.  2 

Nitrogen  Phosphate  Mixture  No.  3 

Nitrogen  Phosphate  Mixture  No.  4 


New  England  Fertilizer  Co.,  Boston,  Mass. 

31^-10 

Tobacco  5-4 


Olds  &  Whipple,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Grass  Fertihzer 

High  Grade  Tobacco  Starter , 

High  Grade  Tobacco  Starter 

Tobacco  Special  Fertilizer 

Tobacco  Special  Fertihzer 


Parmenter  and  Polsey  Fertilizer  Co.,  Boston,  Mass. 

2-10 

33^-10 

*Tobacco  5-4 


Windsor  Locks. 


i 


South  Manchester. 

Guilford 

Guilford ■.  . 

Silver  Lane 

Guilford 


Hamden 

Warehouse  Point . 


Hartford 

Simsbury 

East  Windsor  Hill. 

Hartford 

East  Windsor  Hill. 


Piedmont,-Mt.  Airy  Guano  Co.,  Baltimore,  Md. 

*Brown's  Special  Fertihzer 


F.  S.  Royster  Guano  Co.,  Baltimore,  Md. 

*Landmark 

Perfecto  Tobacco  Formula 

Prime  Fish  Brand 

Purity 

Stevens'  Formula 


Sanderson  Fertilizer  and  Chemical  Co. 
New  Haven,  Conn. 

High  Grade  Ammoniated  Phosphate 

Phosphate  without  Potash 

Special  without  Potash 

Tobacco  Grower 

Top  Dressing  for  Grass  and  Grain  wihout  Potash. 


Plain ville. .  .  , 
Rocky  Hill .  . 
Glastonbury . 


Woodstock . 


Waterbury.  . 
Granby .... 

Shelton 

Plantsville. .  . 
Glastonbury . 


Highwood .... 

New  Haven . . . 
Middlefield .  .  . 
East  Hartford. 
Milf  ord 


Top  Dressing  for  Grass  and  Grain  without  Potash.  .  .  Meriden. 


*  See  note,  page  33. 


NITKOGENOUS    SUPERPHOSPHATES. 


39 


WITHOUT  Potash — {Continued). 


Nitrogen. 

Phosphoric  Acid. 

d 

1 
'2 

.2 
"a 
0 

a 
s 

"0 
- " 

a  +^ 

0 

"o 

C3  OS 
0 

Total. 

3 
3 

0 

3 
3 
3 

Hi 

0 

3 
3 

0) 

03 

0 

Total. 

So-called 
"Available". 

-5° 
go. 

p 

0 
3 
0 
fa 

CO 

0 

03 
03 
3 

0 

a 
3 
0 
fa 

-a 

0) 

rt 

OJ 

3 
0 

'6 
a 
3 
0 

fa 

73 

a 

a 

03 

CJ 

3 
0 

d 

oi 
m 

M6 .  00 

0.93 

0.07 

0.09 

0.72 

1.81 

1.65 

4.73 

3.71 

2.38 

10.82 

10.00 

8.44 

8.00 

14741 

70.50 

1.17 

0.07 

0.07 

2.78 

4.09 

4.11 

1.08 

4.66 

0.38 

6.12 

5.00 

5.74 

4.00 

14588 

45.00 

none 

0.23 

0.56 

0.37 

1.16 

0.82 

7.65 

4.03 

0.73 

12.41 

11.00 

11.68 

10.00 

14516 

50.00 

none 

0.42 

0.86 

0.74 

2.02 

1.65 

5.80 

4.29 

1.16 

11.25 

11.00 

10.09 

10.00 

14540 

0.71 

0.60 

0.61 

1.59 

3.51 

2.47 

6.12 

3.75 

2.35 

12.22 

11.00 

9.87 

10.00 

14652 

65!  00 

0.55 

0.67 

0.67 

1.63 

3.52 

3.29 

5.72 

4.30 

2.49 

12.51 

11.00 

10.02 

10.00 

14740 

55.00 

0.15 

0.81 

0.65 

1.29 

2.90 

2.87 

6.71 

3.59 

2.72 

13.02 

11.00 

10.30 

10.00 

14833 

72.00 

0.64 

0.45 

0.79 

1.52 

3.40 

4.10 

0.86 

2.34 

1.34 

4.54 

5.00 

3.20 

4.00 

14643 

61.27 

2.88 

0.12 

0.81 

1.74 

5.55 

4.95 

3.42 

5.64 

0.82 

9.88 

8.00 

9.06 

8.00 

15148 

71.25 

3.23 

0.21 

0.20 

4.59 

8.23 

8.23 

2.28 

2.17 

0.46 

4.91 

3.00 

4.45 

3.00 

14840 

97.38 

8.04 

8.23 

5.65 

3.00 

15156 

o!86 

o!ii 

o^ii 

3^25 

4.33 

4.11 

2!io 

3!i4 

6;4i 

5.65 

4.00 

5^24 

i'.'m 

14990 

0.66 

0.11 

none 

3.63 

4.40 

4.11 

0.73 

5.28 

0.58 

6.59 

4.00 

6.01 

4.00 

14709 

50.00 

0.20 

0.25 

0.49 

0.64 

1.58 

1.64 

6.85 

3.42 

1.50 

11.77 

11.00 

10.27 

10.00 

15077 

55.60 

0.16 

0.81 

0.29 

1.68 

2.94 

2.87 

6.84 

3.27 

2.85 

12.96 

11.00 

10.11 

10.00 

14839 

64.50 

1.35 

0.11 

0.94 

1.56 

3.96 

4.10 

0.63 

2.98 

1.56 

5.17 

5.00 

3.61 

4.00 

15010 

49.50 

1.08 

0.21 

0.59 

0.61 

2.49 

3.29 

7.07 

3.49 

1.20 

11.76 

10.56 

10.00 

14945 

60.00 

0.21 

1.40 

0.25 

1.23 

3.09 

3.29 

6.88 

2.42 

1.54 

10.84 

10.50 

9.30 

10.00 

14610 

73.00 

0.37 

0.63 

0.07 

2.43 

3.50 

4.11 

3.04 

1.94 

0.41 

5.39 

4.50 

4.98 

4.00 

14880 

45.00 

0.42 

0.64 

0.03 

0.62 

1.71 

1.65 

5.64 

2.36 

0.88 

8.88 

8.50 

8.00 

8.00 

14727 

0.08 

0.43 

none 

0.49 

1.00 

0.82 

4.41 

3.70 

0.92 

9.03 

8.50 

8.11 

8.00 

15004 

.... 

1 

0.44 

0.75 

0.01 

2.52 

3.72 

4.11 

2.46 

1.85 

0.22 

4.53 

4.50 

4.31 

4.00 

15127 

i 

0.56 

0.66 

0.87 

1.52 

3.61 

3.29 

5.41 

4.45 

3.02 

12.88 

11.00 

9.86 

10.00 

14776 

none 

0.43 

0.76 

0.71 

1.90 

1.65 

5.65 

4.17 

1.23 

11.05 

11.00 

9.82 

10.00 

14573 

49!  00 

none 

0.23 

0.77 

1.64 

2.64 

2.47 

7.58 

2.30 

1.60 

11.48 

11.00 

9.88 

10.00 

14923 

71.00 

0.81 

0.08 

none 

3.60 

4.49 

4.11 

1.51 

4.09 

0.32 

5.92 

5.00 

5.60 

4.00 

14718 

0.56 

1.13 

0.63 

1.76 

4.08 

4.11 

7.19 

2.84 

1.59 

11.62 

11.00 

10.03 

10.00 

14581 

' 56!40 

0.79 

0.94 

0.65 

1.65 

4.03 

4.11 

7.40 

2.69 

1.50 

11.59 

11.00 

10.09 

10.00 

14635 

40  CONNECTICUT   EXPERIMENT   STATION   BULLETIN  223. 

Table  VII.     Nitrogenous  Superphosphates 


Manufacturer  and  Brand. 


Place  of  Sampling 


14583 

14877 


15073 
15140 


14722 


15052 
14373 


14308 


Sampled  by  Station: 

M.  S.  Shoemaker  &  Co.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Swift-Sure  Superphosphate  for  Tobacco 

Swift-Sure  Superphosphate  for  Tobacco 

Virginia-Carolina  Chemical  Co.,  New  York  City. 

Monarch  Brand 

Pawnee  Brand 

Wilcox  Fertilizer  Co.,  Mystic,  Conn. 
Grain  FertiUzer 

Sampled  by  Purchasers: 

National  Fertilizer  Co.'s  Tobacco  Manure  5-4-0.  .  .  . 

Rogers  and  Hubbard's  Climax  Tobacco  Brand 

Manufacturer's  Sample: 

L.  T.  Frisbie's  2-8 


Windsor  Locks. 
Meriden 

North  Haven .  . 
Granby 

Mystic 


Thompsonville :  Henry  Davis 
Windsor:    F.  H.  Thrall 


New  Haven. 


NITROGENOUS    SUPERPHOSPHATES    CONTAINING    POTASH. 

In  the  following  table  are  given  246  analyses  of  brands  belong- 
ing to  this  class,  226  of  which  were  sampled  by  the  Station  Agent. 

The  number  of  brands  containing  potash  is  twice  as  great  as 
it  was  the  year  before. 

Only  seven  brands  contained  six  per  cent,  or  more  but  138  con- 
tained between  three  and  five  per  cent,  of  potash. 


Composition  and  Cost  of  the  Brands. 

The  cost  of  nitrogen  per  pound  has  been  calculated  in  all  the 
brands  having  the  composition  given  below,  allowing  10  cents 
per  pound  for  available  phosphoric  acid  and  16  cents  per  pound 
for  potash. 


Formula. 

No.  of 

Average  cost. 

Nitrogen  costs 

Analyses. 

per  pound. 

.82-8-2 

7 

$50.66 

$1.91 

1.65-8-2 

25 

53.06 

.93 

2.47-8-4 

15 

62.87 

.68 

3.29-8-4 

21 

65.79 

.56 

4.11-4-3 

12 

82.96 

.80 

NITROGENOUS    SUPERPHOSPHATES. 


41 


WITHOUT  Potash — (Concluded). 


Nit 

6 

J3 

3 

s 

fl 

^_, 

O 

T 

c3 

B 

.rt  a) 

s 

fl  ti 

a 

03 

taO  & 

a 

el 

O 

Total. 


Phosphoric  Acid. 


Total. 


So-called 
'Available" 


158.00 
52.00 


44.00 
74.25 


none 
0.12 


0.13 
0.28 


0.18 


0.99 
1.38 


0.16 
0.58 


0.30 


0.71 
0.52 


0.47 
1.55 


0.19 


1.85 
1.60 


0.95 
1.63 


1.15 


3.55 
3.62 


1.71 
4.04 


1.82 


4.42 
4.02 


1.65 


3.29 
3.29 


1.65 
4.11 


1.64 


4.11 


3.85 
5.89 


8.76 
3.31 


6.33 


5.18 
4. 


2.63 
1.07 


3.27 


3.84 
3.34 


1.24 
0.69 


2.60 


12.87 
14.11 


12.63 
5.07 


12.20 


5.94 

5.87 


9.11 


12.00 
12.00 


12.00 
5.00 


11.00 


5.00 


9.03 
10.77 


11.39 

4.38 


9.60 


10.00 
10.00 


11.00 
4.00 


10.00 


14583 
14877 


15073 
15140 


14722 


15052 
14373 


14308 


Here  again  it  appears  that  nitrogen  in  low  grade  mixtures  costs 
more  than  twice  as  much  as  in  the  higher  grades  in  spite  of  their 
somewhat  lower  price  and  that  their  purchase  is  wasteful. 

Guaranties 

Ninety-five  out  of  the  226  analyses  do  not  fully  meet  their 
guaranty  in  every  particular.  In  most  cases  the  deficiency  is  in 
one  ingredient  only,  and  is  more  than  made  good  by  an  overrun 
in  the  other  two. 

In  26  cases  there  is  a  deficiency  in  two  or  three  ingredients,  and 
in  the  following  brands  this  results  in  a  deficiency  in  money 
value. 

That  is,  the  value  of  the  amount  of  plant  food  guaranteed  in  a 
ton  of  goods,  but  not  supplied,  is  the  sum  given  in  the  following 
statement.  For  this  calculation  nitrogen  is  valued  at  50  cents, 
available  phosphoric  acid  10  cents,  and  potash  at  16  cents  per 
pound,  respectively,  which  is  about  their  retail  selling  price.  See 
page  56. 


42  CONNECTICUT   EXPERIMENT    STATION   BULLETIN   223. 

Table  VIII.     Nitrogenous  Superphosphates 


Manufacturer  and  Brand. 


Place  of  Sampling. 


14611 
15116 
14786 
14947 
14953 
14692 
14684 
15120 
14951 
14686 
15118 
14793 
14518 
14687 
14517 
14693 
14980 
15139 
15122 
14950 
15034 
15121 
14954 
15031 
14981 
15046 
14965 
14791 
14524 
14657 
14790 
14545 
14598 
15032 
14787 
14788 
14869 
15048 
14910 


15040 
14649 


Satnpled  by  Station: 
American  Agricultural  Chemical  Co.,  New  York  City. 

Double  A  Tobacco  Fertilizer 

Fish  and  Potash 

Grass  and  Lawn  Top  Dressing 

Grass  and  Oats  Fertilizer 

Monarch  Potato  Manure 

Sure  Growth  Phosphate  Revised 

Universal  Phosphate 

Bradley's  Alkaline  Bone  with  Potash 

Bradley's  B.  D.  Guano 

Bradley's  Corn  Phosphate 

Bradley's  Half  Century  Fertilizer  Revised 

Bradley's  New  Method  Fertilizer 

Bradley's  Patent  Superphosphate  Revised 

Bradley's  Potato  Fertilizer 

Bradley's  Potato  Manure 

Bradley's  Unicorn 

Bradley's  Valley  Tobacco  Fertilizer 

Bradley's  XL  Superphosphate  of  Lime 

East  India  Black  Hawk  Potato  and  Truck  Fertz 

East  India  Economizer  Phosphate 

East  India  Mayflower 

East  India  Tobacco  Fertilizer 

Great  Eastern  General 

Great  Eastern  North  Corn  Special  1920 

Great  Eastern  Potato  Manure,  1920 

Packer's  Union  Animal  Corn  Fertilizer 

Packer's  Union  Potato  Manure  1920 

Quinnipiac  Ammoniated  Dissolved  Phosphate 

Quinnipiac  Climax  Phosphate 

Quinnipiac  Corn  Manure 

Quinnipiac  Phosphate 

Quinnipiac  Potato  Manure 

Quinnipiac  Wrapper  Leaf  Brand  Tobacco  Manure  Revised 

Wheeler's  Cuban  Tobacco  Grower 

Williams  and  Clark's  Americus  H.  G.  Special  Revised. .  . 

Williams  and  Clark's  Americus  Potato  Manure 

Williams  and  Clark's  Matchless  Fertilizer 

Williams  and  Clark's  Prolific  Fertilizer 

Williams  and  Clark's  Seed  Leaf  Tobacco    Manure    Re- 
vised  

Apothecaries  Hall  Co.,  Waterbury,  Conn. 

Liberty  Market  Gardeners'  Special 

Liberty  Tobacco  Special 


Suffield 

Windsor 

New  London 

Southington 

Southport 

Thompsonville .  .  .  . 

New  London 

Rockville 

North  Haven 

Norwich 

Granby 

Norwalk 

Hamden 

Norwich 

Hamden 

Thompsonville .  .  .  . 

New  Milford 

Mansfield 

Gaylordsville 

North  Haven 

Watertown . 

Gaylordsville 

Waterford 

Warehouse  Point.  . 

New  Milford 

Litchfield 

Southington 

Milford 

Southport 

New  London 

Milford 

Southport 

Windsor 

Warehouse  Point.  . 

Waterbury 

Waterbury 

South  Manchester. 
New  Britain 


South  Manchester. 


Waterbury .  . 
Windsorville . 


NITROGENOUS    SUPERPHOSPHATES. 


43 


WITH  Potash. 


Nitrogen. 

<u 

X! 

3 

o3 

3 

o 

s 

C 

O 

S3 

,^ 

O 

V 

•r* 

C3 

s 

o  t-i 

'a 

§1 

a  -2 

a 

c 

o 

O 

Total. 


Phosphoric  Acid. 


Total. 


So-called 
'Available. 


Potash. 


1.14 
0.67 
2.03 

o'is 

0.70 
0.25 


0.11 
none 
0.25 
0.07 
0.22 
0.50 
0.40 
0.14 
0.97 
0.91 
0.73 
0.19 
0.11 
0.85 
0.31 
0.44 
0.09 
0.59 
0.17 
0.24 
0.14 
0.76 
0.30 
0.40 
1.08 
0.79 
1.20 
0.14 
0.43 
0.26 

0.15 


0.24 
0.16 


0.07 
0.08 
1.16 

1^75 
0.52 
0.31 


0.24 
0.50 
0.16 
0.13 
0.46 
0.18 
0.13 
0.72 
none 
0.83 
0.06 
0.43 
0.59 
0.10 
0.05 
0.09 
0.60 
0.84 
0.31 
0.44 
0.70 
0.49 
0.80 
0.18 
0.04 
0.05 
1.01 
0.55 
0.60 
0.22 

0.96 


0.95 
0.75 


0.82 


0.67 
0.31 


1.74 
1.43 
0.73 

i!56 
0.94 
0.43 


0.53 
0.84 
0.99 
0.57 
0.84 
0.62 
1.13 
0.61 
3.04 
0.69 
0.96 
0.84 
0.98 
2.61 
0.32 
1.70 
0.72 
0.74 
0.94 
1.09 
0.86 
0.53 
1.39 
1.26 
2.73 
2.56 
0.68 
0.97 
1.53 
0.69 

2.34 


1.67 
3,07 


,22 
,84 
.50 
,09 
,06 
.77 
,42 
,85 
,38 
.65 
.52 
.81 
,89 
,12 
76 
,42 
,66 
,43 
,79 
,87 
,11 
,00 
,64 
,57 
,37 
.31 
.43 
.95 
.24 
.44 


.82 
.65 
.65 
.82 
.65 
.65 
.47 
.65 
.11 
.47 
.29 
.82 
.65 
.11 
.82 
.65 
.65 
.47 
.65 
.65 
.82 
.65 
.47 
.47 
.11 
.11 
.29 
.65 
.65 
.82 


4.27 


3.53 
4.29 


4.11 


3.29 
4.11 


0.92 

4.35 

0.19 

5.46 

5.87 

4.57 

2.48 

12.92 

4.62 

2.80 

1.16 

8.58 

6.65 

5.32 

0.86 

12.83 

5.41 

3.02 

1.04 

9.47 

4.23 

4.97 

1.71 

10.91 

3.82 

4.23 

0.93 

8.98 

6.37 

5.21 

0.83 

12.41 

5.01 

2.73 

0.58 

8.32 

3.87 

4.19 

1.56 

9.62 

5.44 

3.95 

1.23 

10.62 

4.75 

4.02 

0.63 

9.40 

4.64 

4.39 

1.27 

10.30 

5.04 

3.04 

1.60 

9.68 

3.90 

5.20 

1.38 

10.48 

4.79 

3.54 

1.55 

9.88 

1.91 

3.88 

0.37 

6.16 

3.99 

5.33 

0.74 

10.06 

6.74 

3.39 

0.49 

10.62 

3.94 

4.33 

1.24 

9.51 

6.18 

3.30 

2.05 

11.53 

1.22 

4.44 

0.33 

5.99 

5.46 

2.84 

0.22 

8.52 

4.65 

4.42 

1.41 

10.48 

5.64 

2.71 

0.78 

9.13 

6.14 

3.07 

0.91 

10.12 

5.68 

4.58 

1.01 

11.27 

3.84 

4.77 

0.82 

9.43 

5.55 

2.44 

1.39 

9.38 

4.72 

4.05 

0.33 

9.10 

4.35 

5.08 

1.28 

10.71 

4.11 

4.70 

1.73 

10.54 

0.94 

5.47 

0.37 

6.78 

1.15 

4.19 

0.54 

5.88 

5.54 

3.00 

1.02 

9.56 

2.36 

6.31 

1.30 

9.97 

5.02 

3.99 

1.83 

10.84 

4.36 

3.70 

1.05 

9.11 

0.36 

5.40 

0.12 

5.88 

5.30 

2.93 

0.97 

9.20 

2.85 

1.72 

0.43 

5.00 

5.00 


9.00 
5.00 


5.76 


8.23 
4.57 


4.00 

1.50 

4.78 

10.00 

2.01 

2.01 

6.00 

3.82 

3.82 

12.00 

0.82 

2.44 

8.00 

4.23 

4.23 

9.00 

0.45 

1.92 

8.00 

1.54 

1.79 

12.00 

2.04 

2.04 

8.00 

4.81 

4.81 

8.00 

1.18 

1.91 

8.00 

3.55 

3.55 

8.00 

1.82 

2.. 36 

9.00 

1.30 

1.30 

8.00 

2.69 

2.69 

8.00 

3.06 

4.40 

8.00 

2.06 

2.06 

4.00 

0.48 

2.97 

9.00 

2.33 

2.33 

8.00 

5.11 

5.11 

8.00 

2.71 

2.71 

8.00 

2.24 

2.24 

4.00 

0.43 

2.87 

8.00 

5.56 

5.56 

8.00 

2.04 

2.04 

8.00 

3.27 

3.27 

9.00 

2.31 

2.31 

10.00 

3.99 

4.35 

8.00 

1.50 

2.19 

8.00 

2.22 

2.22 

8.00 

2.67 

2.67 

9.00 

0.90 

2.02 

8.00 

2.90 

3.79 

4.00 

0.65 

3.03 

4.00 

0.58 

5.10 

8.00 

3.87 

3.87 

8.00 

1.82 

2.96 

8.00 

2.00 

2.00 

7.00 

0.68 

1.80 

4.00 

1.22 

3.29 

8.00 

3.58 

3.58 

4.00 

0.31 

2.41 

.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 


3.00 


4.00 
3.00 


14611 
15116 
14786 
14947 
14953 
14692 
14684 
15120 
14951 
14686 
15118 
14793 
14518 
14687 
14517 
14693 
14980 
15139 
15122 
14950 
15034 
15121 
14954 
15031 
14981 
15046 
14965 
14791 
14524 
14657 
14790 
14545 
14598 
15032 
14787 
14788 
14869 
15048 

14910 


15040 
14649 


44     CONNECTICUT  EXPERIMENT  STATION  BULLETIN  223. 
Table  VIII.  Niteogenous  Superphosphates 


d 

■ 

fl 

'Z. 

^S. 

o 

Manufacturer  and  Brand. 

Place  of  Sampling. 

c3 

m 

1*E 

Q 

14750 
14944 
14907 
14710 
14694 
14683 
14912 
15160 
14748 
15033 


14860 
14690 
14685 
14861 
15050 
14691 


14789 
14647 
14650 
14743 
14591 


14594 
14641 
14655 
14593 
14615 
14843 
14703 
14638 
14656 
15080 
14619 
15126 


15110 
14905 


Sampled  by  Station: 

Armour  Fertilizer  Works,  Chrome,  N.  J. 

Cereal  Special  No.  1 

Complete  Potato  Fertilizer 

Gardeners'  Choice  Fertilizer 

General  Crop  Fertilizer 

Grain  Grower  Fertilizer 

Potato,  Onion  and  Vegetable  Fertilizer 

Super-Grade  Potato  Mixture  Fertilizer 

Tobacco  Special  Fertilizer 

*Wheat  and  Clover  Fertilizer 

Bidwell's  Formula 


Atlantic  Packing  Co.,  New  Haven,  Conn. 
3-8-3 

*Grain  Fertilizer 

Potato  Phosphate  3-8-4 

Special  Vegetable 

*Tobacco  Grower 

Tobacco  Special 


Berkshire  Fertilizer  Co.,  Bridgeport,  Conn. 

Ammoniated  Bone  Phosphate 

Complete  Fertilizer 

Complete  Tobacco 

Market  Garden  Fertihzer 

Potato  and  Vegetable  Phosphate 


Bowker  Fertilizer  Co.,  New  York  City. 

All  Round  Fertilizer 

Connecticut  Valley  Tobacco  Fertilizer 

Corn,  Grain  and  Grass  Phosphate 

Fisherman's  Brand  Fish  and  Potash 

Hill  and  Drill  Phosphate 

Lawn  and  Garden  Dressing  Revised 

Potato  and  Vegetable  Phosphate 

Square  Brand  Farm  and  Garden  Phosphate.  .  .  . 

Sure  Crop  Phosphate  Revised 

Stockbridge  Complete 

Stockbridge  Market  Garden  Manure 

Stockbridge  Tobacco  Manure 


E.  D.  Chittenden  Co.,  Bridgeport,  Conn. 

fComplete  Tobacco  and  Onion  Grower 

Tobacco  Special  with  5%  Potash 


New  Haven 

Rockville 

Thompsonville .  .  .  . 

New  Haven 

New  Haven 

New  London 

Rockville 

South  Manchester. 

New  Haven 

Windsor  Locks. .  .  . 


New  Britain .  . 
Willimantic . .  . 

Norwich 

New  Britain.  . 
Hockanum.  .  . 
East  Hartford. 


Waterbury . 
Ellington.  .  . 
Hazard  ville. 
Ellington. . . 
Ellington. . . 


Hazardville. .  .  . 
Thompsonville . 
New  London. . . 
Hazardville. .  .  , 
Hazardville. .  .  . 
New  Haven. . . . 

Norwich 

Milldale 

New  London. . . 

Uncasville 

Milldale 

Granby 


Suffield. 
Suffield. 


*See  note,  page  56.     fSee  note,  page  57. 


■ 

' 

NITROGENOUS    SUPERPHOSPHATES 
WITH  Potash — {Continued}. 

45 

Nitrogen. 

Phosphoric  Acid. 

Potash. 

'3 

.2 
'3 

o 

B 
B 

el 

3 

"o 

SI 

o 

3 

MS: 
O 

Total. 

2 

"o 
u 

3 

'o 

3 
o 

Total. 

So-called 
"Available." 

3 
3 

< 

"3 

o 

a 

03 
;.. 

0 
O 

'6 
a 

O 

a 

o 

o 

13 

a 

03 

c3 
3 
O 

0 

o 

a 

03 

O 

d 

a    ■ 
o 

tone 
).71 
3.26 
3.10 
3.16 
3.44 
lone 
|3.85 

3'.i8 

).06 
).15 
).37 
:).16 

L.55 
.38 

).09 
).22 
.03 
).47 
).ll 

3.45 
L.17 
3.71 
3.85 
3.43 
3.32 
3.56 
0.56 
0.25 
1.29 
1.26 
0.30 

2.56 
2.34 

0.44 
0.23 
0.80 
0.57 
1.04 
1.86 
2.45 
none 

1^24 

0.95 
0.41 
0.70 
1.80 
0.03 
0.07 

0.70 
1.00 
0.16 
0.92 
0.57 

0.24 
0.09 
0.41 
0.59 
0.76 
0.80 
0.12 
0.14 
0.30 
1.34 
0.96 
0.79 

none 
0.05 

0.42 
0.04 
0.45 
none 
0.08 
0.42 
0.60 
0.22 

o!69 

0.57 
0.32 
0.58 
0.19 
0.81 
0.75 

none 
0.17 
0.81 
0.14 
0.12 

0.62 
0.55 
0.23 
0.09 
0.68 
0.18 
0.19 
0.23 
none 
0.12 
0.36 
0.55 

0.16 
0.24 

0.64 
0.73 
0.91 
0.26 
0.43 
0.59 
1.07 
3.01 

i".ii 

0.91 
0.56 
0.82 
1.03 
1.45 
1.94 

0.30 
1.42 

2.26 
1.77 
1.04 

1.28 
2.71 
0.56 
0.98 
0.77 
1.34 
0.95 
0.98 
0.38 
1.34 
0.72 
2.84 

0.57 
1.67 

1.50 
1.71 

2.42 
0.93 
1.71 
3.31 
4.12 
4.08 
0.22 
2.62 

2.49 
1.44 
2.47 
3.18 
3.84 
4.14 

1.09 
2.81 
4.26 
3.30 
1.84 

2.59 
4.52 
1.91 
2.51 
2.64 
2.64 
1.82 
1.91 
0.93 
4.09 
3.30 
4.48 

3.29 
4.30 

1.65 
1.65 
2.47 
0.82 
1.65 
3.29 
4.11 
4.11 

2!47 

2.40 
1.64 
2.46 
3.28 
4.10 
4.10 

0.80 
2.50 
4.11 
3.30 
1.70 

2.47 
4.11 
1.65 
2.47 
2.47 
2.47 
1.65 
1.65 
0.82 
4.11 
3.29 
4.11 

3.29 
4.11 

8.23 
6.76 
6.16 
5.77 
5.64 
6.22 
6.54 
2.78 
7.91 
6.94 

4.43 
4.34 
5.00 
4.46 
0.67 
1.70 

6.61 
4.35 
0.76 
1.72 

6.79 

3.54 
0.94 
4.97 
5.35 
2.45 
4.25 
3.38 
3.31 
3.61 
4.40 
4.16 
0.82 

4.15 
3.29 

1.95 
1.72 

2.37 
1.60 
2.19 
2.11 
1.95 
2.24 
1.18 
1.30 

3.77 
2.79 
3.44 
3.91 
3.30 
3.18 

3.83 
3.66 
4.02 
5.86 
3.85 

5.12 
4.37 
3.66 
4.90 
6.61 
5.16 
5.15 
4.96 
3.97 
3.94 
4.04 
4.80 

3.84 
2.73 

0.90 
0.59 
0.96 
0.27 
0.73 
0.62 
0.90 
0.23 
0.36 
0.29 

0.63 
0.47 
0.59 
0.92 
2.43 
2.23 

0.40 
1.41 
0.41 
1.54 
1.16 

1.41 
0.23 
0.82 
1.07 
1.37 
1.32 
1.65 
0.95 
0.90 
0.50 
1.13 
0.55 

0.61 
0.40 

11.08 
9.07 
9.49 
7.64 
8.56 
8.85 
9.39 
5.25 
9.45 
8.53 

8.83 
7.60 
9.03 
9.29 
6.40 
7.11 

10.84 
9.42 
5.19 
9.12 

11.80 

10.07 

5.54 

9.45 

11.32 

10.43 

10.73 

10.18 

9.22 

8.48 

8.84 

9.33 

6.17 

8.60 
6.42 

10.50 
8.50 
8.50 
7.50 
8.50 
8.50 
8.50 
4.50 

10.50 
8.50 

9.00 
9.00 
9.00 
9.00 
6.00 
6.00 

11.00 
9.00 
4.00 
9.00 
9.00 

9.00 

5.00 

9.00 

11.00 

10.00 

10.00 

9.00 

9.00 

9.00 

9.00 

9.00 

5.00 

9.00 
5.00 

10.18 

8.48 
8.53 
7.37 
7.83 
8.33 
8.49 
5.02 
9.09 
8.24 

8.20 
7.13 

8.44 
8.37 
3.97 

4.88 

10.44 
8.01 

4.78 

7.58 

10.64 

8.66 
5.31 
8.63 
10.25 
9.06 
9.41 
8.53 
8.27 
7.58 
8.34 
8.20 
5.62 

7.99 
6.02 

10.00 
8.00 
8.00 
7.00 
8.00 
8.00 
8.00 
4.00 

10.00 
8.00 

8.00 
8.00 
8.00 
8.00 
5.00 
5.00 

10.00 
8.00 
4.00 
8.00 
8.00 

8.00 
4.00 
8.00 
10.00 
9.00 
9.00 
8.00 
8.00 
8.00 
8.00 
8.00 
4.00 

8.00 
4.00 

6.55 
3.90 
3.84 
1.05 
1.88 
3.71 
4.83 
0.31 
3.88 
0.20 

3.12 

2.06 
4.02 
3.91 
0.96 

0.78 

2.10 
3.22 
1.59 
3.93 
2.29 

4.19 
0.76 
2.03 
3.02 
0.57 
0.88 
3.37 
1.21 
1.71 
4.26 
3.95 
0.58 

4.06 
0.51 

6.55 
3.90 
3.84 
1.05 
1.88 
3.71 
4.83 
3.11 
3.88 
4.87 

3.12 
2.06 
4.02 
3.91 
4.48 
1.97 

2.10 
3.22 
4.06 
3.93 
2.29 

4.19 
3.00 

2.29 
3.02 
1.93 
2.07 
3.37 
2.12 
1.99 
4.26 
3.95 
4.57 

4.06 

4.76 

6.00 
4.00 
4.00 
1.00 
2.00 
4.00 
5.00 
3.00 
5.00 
5.00 

3.00 
2.00 
4.00 
4.00 
4.00 
2.00 

2.00 
3.00 
4.00 
4.00 
2.00 

4.00 
3.00 
2.00 
3.00 
2.00 
2.00 
3.00 
2.00 
2.00 
4.00 
4.00 
5.00 

4.00 
5.00 

14750 
14944 
14907 
14710 
14694 
14683 
14912 
15160 
14748 
15033 

14860 
14690 
14685 
14861 
15050 
14691 

14789 
14647 
14650 
14743 
14591 

14594 
14641 
14655 
14593 
14615 
14843 
14703 
14638 
14656 
15080 
14619 
15126 

15110 
14905 

46  CONNECTICUT   EXPERIMENT   STATION   BULLETIN   223. 

Table  VIII.     Nitrogenous  Superphosphates 


Manufacturer  and  Brand. 


Place  of  Sampling. 


14802 


14745 
14599 
14915 
14639 
15081 
14654 
14700 
15026 
14972 


15030 
15029 


14704 
14705 
15027 
14746 
14874 
15028 
15005 


15109 
14582 
14539 
14595 
14882 
14948 
14911 
14658 
14620 


15043 


14773 
15014 
15007 


Sampled  by  Station: 

Everett  B.  Clark  Seed  Co. 

Special  Mixture  with  Potash .... 


Milford,  Conn. 


The  Coe-Mortimer  Co.,  New  York  City. 

Celebrated  Special  Potato  Fertz.  Revised 

Columbian  Corn  and  Potato  Fertilizer 

Corn  King 

Connecticut  Wrapper  Grower 

Dissolved  Phosphate  and  Potash '.  .  . 

Gold  Brand  Excelsior  Guano  Revised 

New  Englander  Special 

Special  Grass  Top  Dressing 

Tobacco  Leaf  Fertilizer 


Columbia  Guano  Co.,  Baltimore,  Md. 

*tFreedom  Guano 

Soluble  Guano 


Essex  Fertilizer  Co. 

Fish  Fertilizer  3-8-3 

Market  Garden  3-8-4 

*Tobacco  5-5-4 

1-10-1 

*2-8-2 

*4-8-4 

5-7-2 


Boston,  Mass. 


L.  T.  Frisbie  Co.,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Complete  Manure 

*Corn  and  Grain  Fertz.  2-8-2 

Special 

Special  Vegetable  and  Potato  Grower  4-8-4.  .  , 
Special  Vegetable  and  Potato  Grower  4-8-4  .  . 

Tobacco  Grower 

*Tobacco  Special 

*Tobacco  5-5-5 

3-8-3 


Hubbard  Fertilizer  Co.,  Baltimore,  Md. 

*  tNoxall  Guano 


International  Agricultural  Corporation,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Buffalo  Economy 

Buffalo  Farmers'  Choice 

Buffalo  General  Favorite.  .' 


Poquonock . . 
Poquonock . . 
Abington .  .  .  . 
Poquonock . . 

Gilead 

Wethersfield , 
Poquonock . . 
Plants ville.  .  . 
Glastonbury . 


Orange . 


Melrose . 
Melrose , 


South  Manchester . 
South  Manchester. 

Hartford 

South  Manchester. 
South  Manchester. 

Broad  Brook 

Weatogue 


Simsbury 

New  Britain.  . 

Guilford 

North  Haven . 

Milford 

Silver  Lane.  .  . 

Rockville 

East  Hartford. 
Plantsville .  .  .  . 


Ellington . 


Ansonia 

Ellington ....... 

East  Granby . . .  _ 


*See  note,  page  56. 


fSee  note,  page  57. 


JSee  note,  page  59. 


NITROGENOUS    SUPERPHOSPHATES. 


47 


WITH  Potash — {Continued) 


Nitrogen. 


C3   o3 

o 


Total. 


Phosphoric  Acid. 

Potash 

3 

Total. 

So-called 
"Available." 

-o 

T5 

13 

rl 

CD 

"S 

CD 
<D 

a 

CI 

c 

T3 

cj 

-0 

CS 

■3 

C3 

d 

c 

tH 

cS 

c3 

S 

03 

."^ 

o 

3 

o 

3 

m 

O 

=) 

O 

fa 

a 

fa 

O 

< 

H 

a 

(0.14 


0.71 
0.36 
0.53 
0.99 

o!64 
0.14 
1.79 
1.07 


0.31 
0.09 


0.78 
0.96 
1.30 
aone 
0.25 
0.07 
1.45 


0.46 
0.05 
0.49 
0.62 
0.11 
1.18 
1.27 
1.07 
none 


2.00 


0.40 
0.27 
none 


2.54 


0.75 
0.12 
0.65 
0.08 

o!59 
0.08 
2.04 
none 


1.53 
0.85 


0.45 
0.12 
0.06 
0.09 
0.12 
1.49 
0.05 


0.13 


0.25 
0.15 


0.92 
0.38 
0.46 
1.10 
1.73 
0.06 
0.09 
0.05 
0.98 


0.08 
0.08 
0.21 


0.40 


0.52 
0.52 
0.45 


0.85 


1.23 
0.82 
1.01 
2.54 

l".63 
0.76 
1.13 
2.61 


1.07 
0.60 


0.78 
0.67 
1.81 
0.40 
0.67 
0.82 
1.60 


3.66 


3.32 

1.48 
2.60 
4.14 

2  ".64 
1.00 

5.28 
4.28 


3.16 
1.69 


3.29 


1.10 

0.54 
0.78 
0.89 
0.99 
1.67 
1.64 
1.97 
0.78 


0.67 


0.63 
0.39 
0.52 


3.07 


1.63 
1.26 
1.18 


3.30 
1.65 


2.47 
2.46 
4.10 
0.82 
1.64 
3.29 
4.10 


29 
65 
2.46 
3.28 
3.28 
4.10 
4.10 
4.10 
2.46 


3.28 


1.60 
0.80 
0.80 


8.08 


3. 

3.74 
5.51 
0.82 
7.69 
2.84 
4.33 
3.40 
0.62 


5.00 
5.05 


5.42 
6.39 
1.62 
7.47 
3.75 
4.78 
3.03 


2.05 


2.68 
2.62 


5.34 


5.45 
5.92 
5.20 


3.13 

1.79 

3.40 

2. 

3.93 

3.48 

3.83 


4.17 

3. 

3.34 

3.42 
.92 
.72 
.53 
.77 

3.76 


3.21 


2.72 
4.62 
4.63 


0.72 


1.22 
1.36 
1.83 
0.31 
0.32 
1.27 
0.87 
0.37 
0.14 


1.52 
1.39 


1.25 
0.61 
2.14 
1.27 
1.15 
0.45 
2.16 


0.95 
0.46 
0.58 
1.25 
1.01 
2.53 
2.46 
1.87 
1.30 


0.24 


36 
34 
0.99 


10.85 


10.17 

10.12 

10.82 

5.62 

12.51 

9.76 

9.86 

6.95 

5.62 


9.20 
9.06 


9.80 

8.79 

7.16 

11.63 

8. .83 
8.71 
9.02 


8.67 
7.37 
8.87 
8.61 
9.21 
7.42 
7.34 
6.42 
9.58 


8.79 


9.53 

11.88 
10.82 


8.50 
8.50 


9.00 
9.00 
6.00 
11.00 
9.00 
9.00 
8.00 


9.00 
9.00 
9.00 
9.00 
9.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
9.00 


9.00 


9.00 

11.00 

9.00 


10.13 


8.95 
8.76 
8.99 
5.31 
12.19 
8.49 
8.99 
6.58 
5. 


7.68 
7.67 


8.55 

8.18 

5.02 

10.36 

7.68 
8.26 
6.86 


7.72 
6.91 
8.29 
7.36 
8.20 
4.89 
4.88 
4.55 
8.28 


8.55 


10.00 


8.00 
8.00 
9.00 
4.00 
12.00 
8.00 
8.00 
6.00 
4.00 


8.17 

10.54 

9.83 


8.00 
8.00 
5.00 
10.00 
8.00 
8.00 
7.00 


3.31 


3.74 
1.83 


8.00 
8.00 
8.00 
8.00 
8.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
8.00 


96 
99 
0.82 
1.20 
1.55 
3.88 
0.84 


3.31 


4.10 

2.91 

2.33 

4.94 

2.11 

3.83 

2.08 

3. 

3.09 


3.74 
1.83 


3.00 


4.00 
2.00 


6.42 
2.10 
4.00 
4.35 
3.80 
1.04 
0.92 
0.73 
3.14 


8.001.143.81 


8.00 

10.00 

8.00 


96 

99 
3.83 
1.20 
1.84 
3.88 
2.042.00 


3.00 
4.00 
4.00 
1.00 
2.00 
4.00 


42  6 .  00 


2.20 
2.35 
0.70 


2.20 
2.35 
1.29 


2.00 
4.00 
4.00 
4.00 
4.00 
2.00 
5.00 
3.00 


4.00 


2.00 
2.00 
1.00 


14802 


14745 
14599 
14915 
14639 
15081 
14654 
14700 
15026 
14972 


15030 
15029 


14704 
14705. 
15027 
14746 
14874- 
15028; 
15005 


15109 
14582 
14539 
14595 
14882 
14948 
14911 
14658 
14620 


15043 


14773 
15014 
15007 


48  CONNECTICUT   EXPERIMENT   STATION   BULLETIN   223. 

Table  VIII.     Nitrogenous  Superphosphates 


Manufacturer  and  Brand. 


Place  of  Sampling. 


15079 
15006 
14711 
15008 


14974 


14864 
14865 
14970 
15011 
15111 
15112 
14979 
14824 
15047 


14520 
14543 
14522 

15049 
14706 
14819 
14702 
14975 
14817 


14548 
14614 
14701 
14742 
15013 
14527 
14653 
14584 


Sampled  by  Station: 

International  Agricultural  Corporation,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

(Continued) 

Buffalo  High  Grade  Manure 

Buffalo  New  England  Special 

Buffalo  Onion,  Vegetable  and  Potato 

Buffalo  Tobacco  Producer 


A,  L.  Koster,  Suffield,  Conn. 
Hale  Tobacco  Mixture 


Lister's  Agricultural  Chemical  Works,  Newark,  N. 

Celebrated  Tobacco  Fertilizer 

*Complete  Tobacco  Manure 

Corn  and  Potato  Fertilizer 

Eastern  Pride  Fertilizer 

King  Bee  Fertilizer 

Special  Crop  Producer 

Special  Tobacco  Fertilizer 

Standard  Pure  Superphosphate  of  Lime 

Success  Fertilizer 


Lowell  Fertilizer  Co. 

Animal  Brand  3-8-4 

Bone  Fertilizer  2-8-2 . 


Boston,  Mass. 


Southington . 
Southington . 
Empress  Brand  1-10-1 New  Britain 


*Lawn  and  Garden  Dressing. 

Tobacco  5-5-4 

Tobacco  5-7-2 

2-8-3 

4-8-4 

*5-8-4 


Mapes'  Formula  and  Peruvian  Guano  Co., 
New  York  City. 

Corn  Manure 

C.  S.  Tobacco  Manure 

General  Tobacco  Manure 

fGeneral  Truck  Manure 

*Grain  Brand 

Potato  Manure 

fPotato  Manure,  1916  Brand 

Tobacco  Starter  Improved 


East  Haven. . 
Tariff ville.  .  . 

Shelton 

East  Granby. 


Windsor  Locks. 


Burnside  .  .  .  . 
Burnside.  .  .  . 
Glastonbury . 
Rockville.  .  .  . 
Yalesville.  .  . 
Yalesville.  .  .  , 
Brookfield .  .  . 
Burnside .  .  .  . 
East  Canaan. 


Hartford 

Warehouse  Point. 

Granby 

Saybrook 

Westport 

Wethersfield 


Windsor  Locks. 

Rockville 

Hartford 

Windsor  Locks. 

Rockville 

Windsor  Locks. 
Glastonbury .  .  . 
Windsor  Locks. 


See  note,  page  56. 


fSee  note,  page  59. 


NITROGENOUS   SUPERPHOSPHATES. 

49 

WITH  Potash — {Continued). 

Nitrogen. 

Phosphoric  Acid. 

Pota.sh. 

a 

.3 
'3 

o 

S 

a 

d 

-2 

•si 

O 

3 

"o 

c 

■11 

c3  c3 

o 

Total. 

3 

"o 
o 

"S 
O 

3 
3 

u 

O 

Total. 

So-called 
"Available." 

6 

0 

a 
< 

"3 
o 

C3 

(3 
3 

o 

a 
o 

13 

-d 

O 

fa 

a) 
O 

-d 
a 

3 
O 

fa 

T3 

a 

Oi 

"H 

c3 

O 

d 

:? 

a 

m 

,89 

0.09 

1.03 

1.12 

3.13 

3.30 

3.76 

4.77 

1.64 

10.17 

9.00 

8.53 

8.00 

3.61 

4.30 

4.00 

15079 

3ne 

0.15 

1.05 

0.72 

1.92 

1.60 

5.42 

4.86 

1.45 

11.73 

11.00 

10.28 

10.00 

3.59 

3.82 

4.00 

15006 

.97 

0.07 

0.61 

0.77 

2.42 

2.50 

5.86 

2.68 

1.46 

10.00 

9.00 

8.54 

8.00 

3.07 

3.07 

3.00 

14711 

.21 

0.06 

0.75 

1.24 

4.26 

4.10 

0.89 

3.61 

1.45 

5.95 

5.00 

4.50 

4.00 

0.94 

2.11 

2.00 

15008 

.00 

0.94 

0.36 

2.80 

5.10 

4.94 

1.06 

5.76 

1.15 

7.97 

6.82 

5.00 

2.18 

4.81 

4.00 

14974 

73 

0.09 

none 

3.24 

4.06 

4.11 

2.28 

3.57 

0.33 

6.18 

5.00 

5.85 

4.00 

1.04 

2.85 

3.00 

14864 

83 

0.19 

0.49 

0.61 

4.12 

4.11 

1.84 

2.42 

1.15 

5.41 

5.00 

4.26 

4.00 

4.33 

4.33 

5.00 

14865 

13 

0.13 

0.76 

0.68 

1.70 

1.65 

3.62 

4.06 

2.06 

9.74 

9.00 

7.68 

8.00 

2.79 

2.79 

3.00 

14970 

90 

0.22 

0.76 

0.59 

2.47 

2.47 

6.41 

2.02 

1.43 

9.86 

9.00 

8.43 

8.00 

3.76 

3.76 

4.00 

15011 

10 

0.66 

0.51 

0.53 

1.80 

1.65 

5.21 

3.36 

1.74 

10.31 

11.00 

8.57 

10.00 

5.63 

5.63 

4.00 

15111 

11 

0.11 

0.26 

0.44 

0.92 

0.82 

4.61 

2-82 

0.73 

8.16 

8.00 

7.43 

7.00 

0.51 

2.16 

1.00 

15112 

08 

0.22 

0.85 

0.72 

1.87 

1.65 

7.10 

2.93 

2.12 

12.15 

11.00 

10.03 

10.00 

3.66 

3.66 

4.00 

14979 

,14 

0.24 

0.56 

0.58 

2.52 

2.47 

4.57 

4.43 

1.52 

10.52 

10.00 

9.00 

9.00 

0.62 

1.90 

2.00 

14824 

,92 

0.20 

0.24 

0.49 

1.85 

1.65 

7.78 

1.48 

0.50 

9.76 

9.00 

9.26 

8.00 

1.86 

1.86 

2.00 

15047 

.07 

0.92 

1.22 

0.71 

2.92 

2.46 

6.12 

2.44 

0.83 

9.39 

9.00 

8.56 

8.00 

3.58 

3.58 

4.00 

14520 

.20 

0.16 

0.57 

0.85 

1.78 

1.64 

3.89 

3.95 

1.37 

9.21 

9.00 

7.84 

8.00 

1.74 

2.03 

2.00 

14543 

.16 

0.28 

0.39 

0.54 

1.37 

0.82 

6.89 

3.21 

0.9G 

11.00 

11.00 

10.10 

10.00 

1.96 

1.96 

1.00 

14522 

.07 

2.93 

0.14 

3.14 

3.28 

5.62 

1.50 

1.73 

8.85 

8.00 

7.12 

7.00 

1.88 

1.88 

2.00 

15049 

.22 

0.09 

1.12 

1.72 

4.15 

4.10 

1.49 

3.08 

2.15 

6.72 

6.00 

4.57 

5.00 

0.90 

4.22 

4.00 

14706 

.19 

0.09 

1.06 

1.85 

4.19 

4.10 

2.63 

4.14 

1.87 

8.64 

8.00 

6.77 

7.00 

0.70 

1.98 

2.00 

14819 

.56 

0.13 

0.39 

0.65 

1.73 

1.64 

5.63 

2.97 

1.05 

9.65 

9.00 

8.60 

8.00 

3.15 

3.15 

3.00 

14702 

.18 

1.67 

0.61 

0.79 

3.25 

3.28 

3.79 

4.29 

0.96 

9.04 

9.00 

8.08 

8.00 

3.98 

3.98 

4.00 

14975 

.01 

1.01 

0.68 

0.91 

3.61 

4.10 

5.23 

3.11 

1.20 

9.54 

9.00 

8.34 

8.00 

3.78 

3.78 

4.00 

14817 

.49 

none 

0.18 

0.90 

2.57 

2.47 

3.58 

3.74 

2.94 

10.26 

10.00 

7.32 

8.00 

3.33 

3.33 

3.00 

14548 

.44 

0.09 

0.65 

2.07 

4.25 

4.12 

0.49 

4.38 

1.25 

6.12 

4.00 

4.87 

4.00 

0.70 

1.45 

1.00 

14614 

.19 

0.09 

1.00 

2.11 

4.39 

4.12 

0.41 

4.59 

0.28 

5.28 

4.00 

5.00 

4.00 

1.30 

5.41 

5.00 

14701 

.96 

0.10 

0.04 

1.40 

4.50 

4.12 

2.05 

4.20 

1.92 

8.17 

8.00 

6.25 

6.00 

5.13 

5.13 

5.00 

14742 

.84 

0.16 

0.15 

0.57 

1.72 

1.65 

1.65 

4.85 

3.99 

10.49 

10.00 

6.50 

8.00 

1.99 

1.99 

2.00 

15013 

.12 

none 

0.11 

0.45 

3.68 

3.71 

3.75 

3.29 

1.61 

8.65 

8.00 

7.04 

7.00 

4.91 

4.91 

5.00 

14527 

.35 

0.05 

0.03 

0.28 

3.71 

3.71 

4.25 

2.75 

0.96 

7.96 

8.00 

7.00 

8.00 

0.65 

1.53 

1.00 

14653 

.85 

0.07 

0.86 

1.77 

4.55 

4.12 

1.82 

4.27 

3.67 

9.76 

8.00 

6.09 

6.00 

0.54 

1.50 

1.00 

14584 

50  CONNECTICUT   EXPERIMENT   STATION   BULLETIN   223. 

Table. VIII.     Nitrogenous  Superphosphates 


Manufacturer  and  Brand. 


Place  of  Sampling. 


14818 
14575 
14589 
14596 
14708 
14921 
14612 
14541 


14648 
14592 
14816 
14832 
14526 
14876 
14547 


14841 
14766 
14991 
15155 
14842 


14767 
15151 
15107 
14964 


14959 


14856 
14871 
14857 
14963 
14962 
14961 


15208 


Sampled  by  Station: 

National  Fertilizer  Co.,  New  York  City. 

Complete  Tobacco  Fertilizer 

Eureka  Potato  Fertilizer 

Market  Garden  Fertilizer  Revised 

Potato  Phosphate 

Soluble  Bone  and  Potash 

Special  Tobacco,  Revised 

Universal  Phosphate 

XXX  Fish  and  Potash 

New  England  Fertilizer  Co.,  Boston,  Mass. 

*Corn  Phosphate  2-8-2 

Standard  Phosphatel-10-1 

Superphosphate  3-8-4 

Tobacco  5-5-4 

2-8-3 

2-8-3 

3-8-3 .. 

Olds  &  Whipple,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Complete  Corn,  Potato  and  Onion  Fertihzer 

Complete  Tobacco  Fertilizer ; .  .  . 

Complete  Tobacco  Fertilizer 

Complete  Tobacco  Fertilizer 

Special  Corn,  Onion  and  Potato  Fertihzer 

Parmenter  &  Polsey,  Boston,  Mass. 

Plymouth  Rock  3-8-4 

Tobacco  5-5-4 

1-10-1 

*2-8-2 .. 

Pawtucket  Rendering  Co.,  Pawtucket,  R.  I. 
2^8-2 

Piedmont-Mt.  Airy  Guano  Co.,.  Baltimore,  Md. 

*Brown's  H.  G.  Potato  and  Gen.  Crop  Manure 

Brown's  Potato  Fertilizer 

Brown's  Special  O.  &  T.  Dresser  and  Market  Garden 

*Shay's  Corn  Fertilizer 

*Shay's  Potato  Fertihzer 

Shay's  Special  Fertihzer 

Quality  Fertilizer  Works,  Stamford,  Conn. 

Bartlett  Brand  Special  Tree  Fertilizer 


Simsbury 

West  Cheshire .... 
South  Manchester. 

Meriden 

Somersville 

Hartford 

South  Manchester. 
West  Cheshire .  .  .  . 


Rockville 

Rockville 

Hamden 

Warehouse  Point. 

Meriden 

East  Wallingford. 
Meriden 


Simsbury 

Hazardville 

Scitico 

East  Windsor  Hill . 
Simsbury 


Plants ville . . .  . , 

Bloomfield 

Plantsville 

West  Hartford . 


Brooklyn. 


South  Meriden. 
South  Meriden. 

Meriden 

Chester 

Groton 

Groton 


Stamford . 


*See  note,  page  56. 


NITROGENOUS    SUPERPHOSPHATES. 


51 


WITH  Potash — (Continued). 


Nitrogen. 


Phosphoric  Acid. 


Potash. 


o3  ^ 

O 


bH    S; 

o 


Total. 


Total. 


So-oalled 
'Availablp 


20 

0.73 

0.66 

2.65 

4.24 

80 

1.13 

0.64 

0.94 

3.51 

49 

0.16 

0.60 

1.19 

2.44 

48 

0.17 

0.22 

0.98 

1.85 

01 

o'.65 

0'.65 

2 '.62 

4 '..33 

08 

0.11 

0.25 

0.59 

1.03 

79 

0.87 

0.25 

0.73 

2.64 

13 

0.17 

0.62 

0.73 

1.65 

11 

0.10 

0.35 

0.48 

1.04 

11 

1.01 

0.69 

0.73 

2.54 

46 

0.06 

0.89 

1.90 

4.31 

46 

0.14 

0.49 

0.57 

1.66 

59 

0.10 

0..32 

0.58 

1.59 

96 

0.12 

0.65 

0.77 

2.50 

98 

0.08 

0.65 

1.66 

3.37 

44 

0.16 

0.58 

3.19 

4.37 

79 

none 

0.44 

3.15 

4.38 
4.30 

82 

0.16 

0.55 

0.92 

2.45 

12 

1.24 

0.54 

0.77 

2.67 

47 

0.06 

0.96 

1.73 

4.22 

13 

0.04 

0.30 

0.45 

0.92 

25 

0.39 

0.54 

0.63 

1.81 

20 

0.34 

0.27 

0.96 

1.77 

22 

0.90 

0.60 

1.20 

2.92 

09 

0.67 

0.58 

1.56 

2.90 

12 

0.65 

0.71 

1.47 

2.95 

95 

0.15 

0.12 

0.85 

2.07 

10 

0.20 

0.42 

1.01 

2.73 

.11 

0.21 

0.54 

0.54 

1.40 

.73 

1.41 

0.53 

0.68 

3.35 

4.11 
3.29 
2.47 
1.65 


1.64 
0.82 
2.46 
4.10 
1.64 
1.64 
2.46 


3.30 
4.11 
4.11 
4.11 

2.45 


2.46 
4.10 
0.82 
1.64 


1.64 


3.29 
2.47 
4.53 
2.47 
3.29 
1.65 


4.00 


0.90 
0.13 
3.92 
3.87 
7.10 
0..54 
5.15 
4.74 


3.55 
7.48 
5.64 
1.28 
5.56 
5.31 
5.21 


06 
0.57 
0.71 

2 '.  83 


5.54 
0.49 

6.88 
2.30 


5.77 


4.37 
6.10 
6.07 
6.06 
5.09 
5.15 


6.05 


4.84 

0.36 

6.10 

5.00 

5.74 

7.84 

1.68 

9.65 

9.00 

7.97 

5.14 

1.33 

10.. 39 

9.00 

9.06 

4.72 

1.39 

9.98 

9.00 

8.59 

4.68 

0.90 

12.68 

13.00 

11.78 

4.85 

0.14 

5.53 

5.00 

5.39 

3.13 

0.99 

9.27 

9.00 

8.28 

5.31 

1.20 

11.25 

11.00 

10.05 

3.75 

1.41 

8.71 

9.00 

7.30 

3 .  35 

1.05 

11.88 

11.00 

10.83 

2.48 

0.68 

8.80 

9.00 

8.12 

3.27 

1.97 

6.52 

6.00 

4.55 

2.83 

0.82 

9.21 

9.00 

8.39 

3.19 

0.81 

9.31 

9.00 

8.50 

2.76 

1.46 

9.43 

9.00 

7.97 

5 .  60 

1..32 

8.98 

8.00 

7.66 

4.20 

0.65 

5.42 

4.00 

4.77 

4.03 

0.22 

4.96 
4.84 

4.00 
4.00 

4.74 

5.61 

1.60 

10.04 

8.00 

8.44 

2.49 

0.69 

8.72 

9.00 

8.03 

5.14 

1.78 

7.41 

6.00 

5.63 

3 .  50 

1.11 

11.49 

11.00 

10.38 

3.98 

1.43 

7.71 

9.00 

6.28 

3.19 

0.47 

9.43 

8.00 

8.96 

3.34 

0.86 

8.57 

7.71 

3.23 

1.48 

10.81 

9.33 

3.38 

1.50 

10.95 

9.45 

1.93 

0.68 

8.67 

7.99 

2.73 

0.84 

8.66 

7.82 

2.99 

0.97 

9.11 

8.14 

2.24 

0.60 

8.89 

8.50 

8.29 

8.00 
10.00 
8.00 
5.00 
8.00 
8.00 
8.00 


8.00 
4.00 
4.00 

8 '.00 


0.82 
0.74 
3.39 


4.41 

4.08 
4.24 


3.29  3.29 


2.05 
0.90 
2.02 
0.93 


1.49 
1.12 
3.57 
0.90 
2.83 
3.04 
2.83 


4. 98 
0.90 
0.56 

2 '.69 


8.00!4.13 


5.0G 

10.00 

8.00 


7.00 


8.00 
8.00 
8.00 
8.00 
8.00 
8.00 


8.00 


0.98 
1.03 
2.02 


2.35 


4.00 
3.53 
3.50 
2.99 
4.18 
2.60 


3.95 


2.05 
3.17 

2.02 

2.88 


.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 


1.84 
1.12 
3 .57 
3.65" 

2.83 
3.04 

2.83 


4.98 
4.52 
4.29 
4.07 
2.69 


4.13 
3.92 
1.03 
2.02 


2.35 


4.00 
3 .53 
3 .  50 
2.99 
4.18 
2.60 


3.95 


2.00 
1.00 
4.00 
4.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 


4.00 
4.00 
4.00 
4.00 
2.00 


4.00 
4.00 
1.00 
2.00 


2.00 


4.00 
4.00 
3.00 
3.00 
4.00 
2.00 


4.00 


14818 
14575 
14589 
14596 
14708 
14921 
14612 
14541 


14648 
14592 
14816 
14832 
14526 
14876 
14547 


14841 
14766 
14991 
15155 
14842 


14767 
15151 
15107 
14964 


14959 


14856 
14871 
14857 
14963 
14962 
14961 


15208 


52  CONNECTICUT   EXPERIMENT   STATION   BULLETIN  223. 

Table  VIII.     Nitrogenous  Superphosphates 


Manufacturer  and  Brand. 


Place  of  Sampling. 


14924 
14616 
14883 

14716 

14884 
14617 
14834 
15015 
14718 
14726 
14838 
14837 


14777 
14946 
14544 
14867 
14771 
15358 
14578 
14927 
14868 
14878 


14637 
14768 
14634 
14720 
15129 
14580 
14636 
14925 

14917 
14922 


14835 
14836 


Sampled  by  Station: 

Rogers  and  Hubbard  Co.,  Middletown,  Conn. 

Hubbard's  Bone  Base  Fertilizer  for  Seeding  Down 

Hubbard's  Bone  Base  Oats  and  Top  Dressing 

*Hubbard's  Bone  Base  Oats  and  Top  Dressing 

Hubbard's  Bone  Base  Soluble  Corn  and  General  Crop 

Manure 

Hubbard's  Bone  Base  Soluble  Potato  Manure 

Hubbard's  Bone  Base  Soluble  Potato  Manure 

R.  and  H.  All  Soils-All  Crops  Phosphate 

R.  and  H.  Climax  Tobacco  Brand 

R.  and  H.  Complete  Phosphate 

R.  and  H.  Potato  Phosphate 

R.  and  H.  Soluble  Tobacco  Manure 

R.  and  H.  Tobacco  Grower,  Vegetable  Formula 

F.  S.  Royster  Guano  Co.,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Arrow  Head  Tobacco  Formula 

Banner  Guano 

fBullj'  Guano 

Dreadnought  Guano 

JFish,  Flesh  and  Fowl  Guano 

Fish,  Flesh  and  Fowl  Guano 

Fish  and  Potash 

tQuality  Trucker 

JTruckers'  Delight 

Valley  Tobacco  Formula 

Sanderson  Fertilizer  and  Chemical  Co.,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Atlantic  Coast  Bone,  Fish  and  Potash 

Complete  Tobacco  Grower 

Corn  Superphosphate 

Formula  "A" 

Formula  "B" 

Potato  Manure 

Potato  Manure 

Top  Dressing  for  Grass  and  Grain 

South  American  Sheep  and  Goat  Manure 

Kelsey's  Bone,  Fish  and  Potash 

M.  L.  Shoemaker  and  Co.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Swift-Sure  Superphosphate  for  General  Use 

Swift-Sure  Superphosphate  for  Potatoes  No.  1 


Newington . 
Hazardville . 
Hamden.  .  .  . 


Hazardville . 
Hamden.  .  .  . 
Hazardville. 
Hamden.  .  .  . 
Glastonbury 
Middletown . 
Hazardville . 
Gildersleeve . 
Gildersleeve . 


New  Milford. 

Putnam 

Waterbury.  .  . 
Naugatuck .  . 

Shelton 

Branf  ord .... 
Waterbury.  .  . 

Putnam 

Glastonbury . 
Glastonbury . 


Meriden .... 

Glastonbury . 

Meriden 

Guilford 

Milford 

Milford 

Meriden.  .  .  . 
Glastonburv . 


New  Canaan. 
Clinton 


Meriden . 
Meriden. 


"See  note,  page  59. 


fSee  note,  page  56. 


JSee  note,  page  57. 


NITROGENOUS    SUPERPHOSPHATES 
WITH  FoTAsn— (Continued). 

53 

Nitrogen. 

Phosphoric  Acid. 

Potash. 

a 

2 
'3 
o 

S 

e 

3 
.2fe 

MS: 
O 

•p 
"o 

ho  c^ 

o  ^ 

Total. 

s 

"o 

3 

i 

3 

3 

0 

3 
p 

+^ 
o 

Total. 

So-called 
"Available." 

6 

< 

O 

H 

p 
O 

a 
a 
o 

(in 

-a 

o 

a 
p 

O 

■d 

-6 

O 

CD 

a 

3 

O 

6 

a 
o 

lone 
).64 
5.22 

1.50 
}.92 
J. 25 
[.45 
}.17 
).32 
).84 
J. 24 
L.07 

).50 
).08 
1.26 
1.05 
t.31 

)!i2 
).ll 
).15 
).53 

).07 
).97 
).26 
).16 
L.14 
3.58 
D.75 
3.07 

aone 
3.53 

D.61 
D.63 

0.27 
0.08 
0.04 

0.18 
0.18 
0.25 
0.59 
none 
0.11 
0.16 
0.26 
0.09 

0.83 
0.90 
0.68 
0.91 
0.67 

0!95 
2.02 
1.74 
0.82 

0.15 
0.07 
0.37 
1.32 
none 
0.42 
0.13 
0.91 

0.18 
0.76 

none 
0.12 

0.34 
0.44 
0.77 

0.14 
0.58 
0.68 
0.45 
0.51 
0.01 
0.13 
0.56 
0.41 

0.05 
0.14 
0.13 
0.28 
none 

o!69 

0.46 
0.44 
0.06 

0.58 
0.11 
0.62 
0.99 
0.96 
0.64 
0.64 
1.30 

1.: 

0.49 

0.47 
0.73 

2.17 
0.88 
1.21 

0.51 
0.61 
0.78 
0.58 
1.63 
0.36 
0.50 
1.70 
3.42 

2.70 
0.50 
0.52 
0.50 
0.56 

o!7i 

0.47 
0.71 
2.46 

0.99 

3.38 
0.82 
1.24 
1.77 
0.84 
1.13 
1.76 

25 
1.83 

1.44 
1.63 

2.78 
8.04 
8.24 

2.33 

4.29 
3.96 
3.07 
4.31 
0.80 
1.63 
4.76 
4.99 

4.08 
1.62 
1.59 
1.74 
1.54 
1.58 
1.87 
3.06 
3.04 
3.87 

1.79 

4.53 
2.07 
3.71 
3.87 
2.48 
2.65 
4.04 

1.43 
3.61 

2.52 
3.11 

2.46 

8.22 
8.22 

2.46 
4.11 
4.11 
3.29 
4.11 
0.82 
1.64 
4.93 
4.93 

4.11 
1.65 
1.65 
1.65 
1.65 
1.65 
1.65 
3.30 
3.30 
4.11 

1.65 
4.11 
1.65 
3.29 
3.29 
2.47 
2.47 
4.11 

1.23 
2.47 

2.46 
3.30 

0.08 
0.54 
0.07 

1.69 
1.64 
0.12 
3.28 
0.76 
4.19 
3.23 
1.17 
0.76 

2.28 
6.41 
5.55 
5.96 
6.25 
6.41 
5.86 
5.72 
5.53 
2.33 

3.45 
0.91 
4.67 
4.47 
6.75 
5.08 
5.22 
6.34 

0.05 
6.30 

4.94 

7.47 

7.75 
4.92 
5.06 

7.07 
6.71 
8.49 
5.56 
2.90 
4.69 
5.47 
7.70 
4.41 

1.67 
2.06 
1.94 
1.85 
1.49 
2.20 
1.45 
2.71 
2.46 
2.05 

4.98 
4.40 
3.96 
3.92 
3.09 
3.72 
2.90 
3.01 

1.00 
2.99 

3.63 

2.71 

8.26 
2.92 
2.37 

1.82 
1.48 
2.75 
1.43 
2.19 
1.42 
1.30 
2.99 
0.68 

0.35 
1.24 
0.95 
0.90 
1.05 
0.31 
1.38 
1.29 
1.18 
0.40 

2.03 
0.23 
1.16 
1.56 
1.02 
1.11 
1.78 
2.00 

0.13 
1.56 

2.53 
1.64 

16.09 

8.38 
7.50 

10.58 

9.83 

11.36 

10.27 

5.85 

10.30 

10.00 

11.86 

5.85 

4.30 
9.71 

8.44 
8.71 
8.79 
8.92 
8.69 
9.72 
9.17 
4.78 

10.46 
5.54 
9.79 
9.95 

10.86 
9.91 
9.90 

11.35 

1.18 
10.85 

11.10 
11.82 

15.00 
8.00 
8.00 

10.00 

10.00 

10.00 

9.00 

5.00 

9.00 

9.00 

10.00 

5.00 

4.50 
8.50 
8.50 
8.50 
8.50 
8.50 
8.50 
8.50 
8.50 
4.50 

9.00 
5.00 
9.00 
9.00 
9.00 
9.00 
9.00 
9.00 

1.00 
11.00 

11.00 
11.00 

7.83 
5.46 
5.13 

8.76 
8.35 
8.61 
8.84 
3.66 
8.88 
8.70 
8.87 
5.17 

3.95 
8.47 
7.49 
7.81 
7.74 
8.61 
7.31 
8.43 
7.99 
4.38 

8.43 
5.31 
8.63 
8.39 
9.84 
8.80 
8.12 
9.35 

1.05 
9.29 

8.57 
10.18 

6.00 
3.00 
3.00 

8.00 
8.00 
8.00 
8.00 
4.00 
8.00 
8.00 
8.00 
4.00 

4.00 
8.00 
8.00 
8.00 
8.00 
8.00 
8.00 
8.00 
8.00 
4.00 

8.00 
4.00 
8.00 
8.00 
8.00 
8.00 
8.00 
8.00 

io^oo 

8.00 
8.00 

4.35 
4.00 
4.50 

4.49 
1.22 
1.57 
6.50 
0.78 
2.14 
4.35 
1.08 
1.10 

0.24 
8.91 
4.72 
2.00 
2.54 
2.83 
1.00 
5.78 
3.64 
0.30 

3.08 
1.00 
1.88 
3.17 
4.52 
3.81 
4.05 
4.19 

2.27 
4.68 

3.72 
4.44 

4.35 
4.00 
4.50 

4.49 
6.27 
5.94 
6.50 
2.96 
2.14 
4.35 
4.44 
3.94 

2.88 
8.91 
4.72 
2.00 
2.54 
2.83 
1.00 
5.78 
3.64 
5.20 

3.08 
4.15 
1.88 
3.17 
4.52 
3.81 
4.05 
4.19 

3.12 

4.68 

3.72 

4.44 

4.00 
4.00 
4.00 

4.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
3.00 
2.00 
4.00 
4.00 
4.00 

3.00 
10.00 
5.00 
2.00 
3.00 
3.00 
1.00 
7.00 
4.00 
5.00 

3.00 
5.00 
2.00 
4.00 
4.00 
4.00 
4.00 
4.00 

3.00 
3.00 

3.00 
5.00 

14924 
14616 
14883 

14716 
14884 
14617 
14834 
15015 
14719 
14726 
14838 
14837 

14777 
14946 
14544 
14867 
14771 
15358 
14578 
14927 
14868 
14878 

14637 
14768 
14634 
14720 
15129 
14580 
14636 
14925 

14917 
14922 

14835 
14836 

54  CONNECTICUT   EXPERIMENT   STATION   BULLETIN   223. 

Table  VIII.     Nitrogenous  Sttperphosphates 


Manufactvirer  and  Brand. 


Place  of  Sampling. 


14642 
14919 
14920 


14724 
14725 
14966 
14968 
14967 
15084 


14577 
15123 
14721 
14717 
14576 
14723 
15012 


14498 


14928 
14926 

14960 


14769 


15330 
14783 
15143 

15089 
14752 
14804 
14682 
15087 


Sampled  by  Station: 

Springfield  Rendering  Co.,  Springfield,  Mass. 

Animal  Brand 

Grain  and  Grass 

Tobacco  Special 

Virginia- Carolina  Chemical  Co.,  New  York  City. 

Challenge  Brand 

Champion  Brand 

Cherokee  Brand 

Indian  Chief  Brand 

Owl  Brand 

Plant  Food  for  Vegetables,  Lawns  and  Flowers 

Wilcox  Fertilizer  Co.,  Mystic,  Conn. 

Corn  Special 

*Fish  and  Potash 

Grass  Fertilizer 

High  Grade  Fish  and  Potash 

Potato  Fertilizer 

*Potato  and  Vegetable  Phosphate 

Tobacco  Special 

S.  D.  Woodruff  and  Sons,  Orange,  Conn. 
Home  Mixture 

Worcester  Rendering  Co.,  Auburn,  Mass. 
Prosperity  Brand  Royal  Worcester  Corn  and  Grain  Fertz. 
t  Prosperity  Brand  Royal  Worcester  Potato  and  Vegetable 

Fertz 

Prosperity  Brand  Royal  Worcester  Special  Grain  Fertz. . 

The  World's  Fertilizer  Process  Co.,  Sharpsburg,  Pa. 
Shur-Gro 

Sampled  by  Purchaser: 

American  Ag'l  Chem'l  Co.  5-8-7 

Apothecaries  Hall  Co.'s  Liberty  Brand  4-8-4 

Atlantic  Packing  Co.'s  Potato  Phosphate  3-8-4.  . 

tBerkshire  Tobacco  Starter 

Frisbie's  4-8-4 

Frisbie's  5-5-4 

Frisbie's  Bone  Base  4-8-4 

Mapes'  Corn  Manure 

'See  note,  page  59.  fSee  note,  page  56. 


Thompsonville . 

Suffield 

Hazardville. .  .  . 


Hartford .  .  .  , 
Hartford.  .  .  , 
Glastonbury. 
Glastonbury . 
Glastonbury . 
Waterbury.  . 


Branford.  .  . 
Branford.  .  . 

Mystic 

Burnside.  .  . 
Branford .  .  . 
Jewett  City. 
Ellington. .  . 


Orange. 


Putnam. 


Willimantic . 
Greenville.  . 


Hartford . 


Winsted. . 
Branford . 
Westville . 


Suffield 

Milford.  .  . 
Somers. ... 
Woodmont . 
Hartford.  . 


JSee  note,  page  57. 


NITROGENOUS  SUPERPHOSPHATES. 


55 


WITH  Potash — {Continued). 


Nitrogen. 

Phosphoric  Acid. 

Potash. 

.2 
'3 
o 

a 
s 

a 

3 
O  "^ 

6 

_  a 
a  <o 

Total. 

"o 

3 
3 

O 

6 

3 

3 
_d 

"S 

o 

Total. 

So-called 
"Available." 

3 

a 
< 

o 

T3 

o 
o 

"S 

u 
3 
O 

u 

•a 

a 

■6 
a 

O 

cS 
O 

a 
o 

o 

'6 
d 
d 
o 

T3 

a 

a 

u 
o3 

O 

d 

a 

none 

0.84 

1.24 

0.68 

2.76 

2.46 

4.92 

3.31 

0.88 

9.11 

9.00 

8.23 

8.00 

4.38 

4.38 

4.00 

14642 

0.25 

0.35 

0.68 

0.53 

1.81 

1.64 

5.26 

3.19 

0.40 

8.85 

9.00 

8.45 

8.00 

2.39 

2.39 

2.00 

14919 

1.41 

0.08 

1.08 

1.75 

4.32 

4.10 

1.50 

3.40 

1.88 

6.78 

6.00 

4.90 

5.00 

0.80 

4.03 

4.00 

14920 

0.08 

0.15 

0.26 

0.48 

0.97 

0.82 

7.07 

2.26 

1.28 

10.61 

9.33 

9.00 

3.04 

3.04 

3.00 

14724 

0.16 

1.07 

0.67 

1.30 

3.20 

3.29 

5.47 

3.02 

1.18 

9.67 

8.49 

8.00 

4.19 

4.19 

4.00 

14725 

0.26 

0.86 

0.35 

3.23 

4.70 

4.11 

1.84 

1.95 

0.20 

3.99 

3.79 

4.00 

0.30 

3.33 

3.00 

14966 

0.19 

1.09 

0.35 

2.73 

4.36 

4.11 

2.29 

1.70 

0.32 

4.31 

3.99 

4.00 

0.51 

7.18 

5.00 

14968 

1.06 

0.08 

0.37 

0.27 

1.78 

1.65 

5.97 

1.67 

0.65 

8.29 

7.64 

8.00 

2.57 

2.57 

3.00 

14967 

0.24 

3.27 

0.13 

1.40 

5.04 

4.94 

5,26 

3.22 

1.92 

10.40 

8.48 

8.00 

0.90 

1.77 

2.00 

15084 

0.33 

0.65 

none 

2.80 

3.78 

3.29 

3.42 

5.24 

3.89 

12.55 

9.00 

8.66 

8.00 

0.45 

2.67 

2.00 

14577 

0.19 

0.27 

0.34 

1.76 

2.56 

2.46 

6.36 

2.60 

0.51 

9.47 

9.00 

8.96 

8.00 

1.33 

1.33 

1.00 

15123 

1.87 

0.16 

0.25 

1.73 

4.01 

4.12 

5.64 

2.38 

0.40 

8.42 

9.00 

8.02 

8.00 

2.23 

2.23 

2.00 

14721 

0.86 

0.29 

0.30 

1.37 

2.82 

2.46 

6.27 

2.42 

0.24 

8.93 

9.00 

8.69 

8.00 

3.26 

3.26 

3.00 

14717 

0.37 

0.13 

0.23 

1.46 

2.19 

1.65 

6.58 

2.20 

2.41 

11.19 

9.00 

8.78 

8.00 

2.44 

2.44 

2.00 

14576 

1.40 

0.21 

0.20 

1.48 

3.29 

3.29 

5.80 

2.37 

1.68 

9.85 

9.00 

8.17 

8.00 

3.90 

3.90 

4.00 

14723 

0.87 

0.11 

0.35 

2.84 

4.17 

4.12 

0.50 

2.73 

2.25 

5.48 

5.00 

3.23 

3.00 

0.41 

4.18 

4.00 

15012 

D.58 

0.07 

2.' 

19 

3.14 

3.29 

2.79 

3.63 

1.50 

7.92 

8.00 

6.42 

1.34 

4.24 

3.00 

14498 

3.28 

0.45 

0.61 

0.44 

1.78 

1.64 

6.08 

3.04 

0.73 

9.85 

9.00 

9.12 

8.00 

2.26 

2.26 

2.00 

14928 

0.10 

0.92 

0.96 

1.14 

3.12 

3.29 

4.16 

3.88 

1.00 

9.04 

9.00 

8.04 

8.00 

4.08 

4.08 

4.00 

14926 

aone 

0.06 

0.51 

0.38 

0.95 

0.82 

7.12 

3.25 

1.14 

11.51 

11.00 

10.37 

10.00 

1.04 

1.04 

1.00 

14960 

•• 

0.13 

0.62 

6.81 

0.54 

7.97 

5.50 

7.43 

5.00 

0.40 

2.00 

2.00 

14769 

0.98 

1.27 

0.60 

0.59 

3.44 

4.13 

5.57 

3.77 

1.01 

10.35 

9.34 

8.00 

5.54 

6.12 

7.00 

15330 

0.28 

1.07 

0.72 

1.51 

3.58 
2.44 

3.29 
2.47 

5.55 

2.62 

0.82 

8.99 
8.16 

9 '.00 

8.17 

8.00 

3.86 

3.86 
4.06 

4.00 
4.00 

14783 
15143 

3.00 

0.02 

TTie 

4.98 

5.00 

0.54 

2.99 

0.09 

3.62 

5.00 

3.53 

4.00 

1.71 

7.56 

8.00 

15089 

3.09 

3.28 

1.11 

9.17 

9.00 

8.06 

8.00 

0.70 

3.68 
4.00 

4.00 
4.00 

14752 
14804 

3  ".40 

3 '.29 

4'.i9 

3^51 

l'.i5 

8 '.85 

7 '.70 

8 '.00 

4.26 

4.00 

14682 

2.66 

2.47 

10.29 

i6!6o 

3.10 

3.00 

15087 

56  CONNECTICUT   EXPERIMENT   STATION   BULLETIN   223. 

Table  VIII.     Nitrogenous  Superphosphates 


Manufacturer  and  Brand. 


Place  of  Sampling. 


5068 
5069 
5067 
5022 

4506 
5036 

5070 


4307 
4306 
4305 
4379 
4380 


Sampled  by  Purchaser:    , 

Mapes'  General  Tobacco  Manure 

Mapes'  Potato  Manure  1916 

Mapes'  Tobacco  Starter,  Improved 

Olds  &  Whipple's  Complete  Tobacco  Fertilizer 

Rogers  &  Hubbard's  Oats  and  Top  Dressing. . . 
Rogers  &  Hubbard's  Soluble  Tobacco  Manure . 

Sanderson's  Bone  Fish  and  Potash 

Sampled  by  Manufacturer: 

Frisbie's  2-8-2 

Frisbie's  3-8-4 

Frisbie's  Complete  Fertilizer  3-8-4' 

Frisbie's  3-8-4 

Frisbie's  4-8-4 


Hartford . 
Hartford . 
Hartford . 
Tariff  ville , 


Winsted 

Glastonbury 

Branf ord . .  .  , 


New  Haven. 
New  Haven. 
New  Haven. 
New  Haven. 
New  Haven. 


$84  ..00 

86.50 
72.50 

55.50 


Deficiency. 

14748  Armour's  Wheat  and  Clover  Fertilizer $5.40 

14690  Atlantic  Packing  Co.'s  Grain  Fertihzer 3.55 

15050  Atlantic  Packing  Co.'s  Tobacco  Grower 3.12 

15030  Columbia  Guano  Co.'s  Freedom  Guano 2.87 

15027  Essex  Fertilizer  Co.'s  Tobacco  5-5-4 1.30 

14874  Esse.x  Fertilizer  Co.'s  2-8-2 1.15 

15028  Essex  Fertilizer  Co.'s  4-8-4 2.36 

14582  L.  T.  Frisbie  Co.'s  2-8-2 4.06 

14911  L.  T.  Frsibie  Co.'s  Tobacco  Special 3.61 

14658  L.  T.  Frisbie  Co.'s  Tobacco  5-5-5 2.40 

15043  Hubbard  Fertilizer  Co.'s  Noxall  Guano 1.61 

14865  Lister's  Agl.  Chem'l  Works,  Complete  Tobacco  Manure..  1.52 

15049  Lowell  Fertilizer  Co.'s  Lawn  and  Garden  Dressing 1.54 

14817  Lowell  Fertihzer  Co.'s  5-8-4 4.92 

15013  Mapes  F.  &  G.  P.  Co.'s  Grain  Brand 2.33 

14648  New  England  Fertihzer  Co.'s  Corn  Phosphate  2-8-2 1.81 

14964  Parmenter  &  Polsey's  2-8-2 1.68 

14856  Piedmont-Mt.  Airy  Guano  Co.'s  Brown's  H.  G.  Potato 

and  General  Crop 4.28 

14963  Piedmont-Mt.  Airy  Guano  Co.'s  Shay's  Corn  Fertihzer..  4.00 

14962  Piedmont-Mt.  Airy  Guano  Co.'s  Shay's  Potato  Fertihzer  5.88 

14544  F.  S.  Royster  Guano  Co.'s  Bully  Guano 2.52 

14927  F.  S.  Royster  Guano  Co.'s  Quality  Trucker 5.44 

14868  F.  S.  Royster  Guano  Co.'s  Trucker's  Dehght 3.75 

14926  Worcester  Rendering  Co.'s  Prosperity  Brand  Potato  and 

Vegetable  Fertilizer 1.36 


NITROGENOUS  SUPERPHOSPHATES. 


57 


"WITH  Potash — {Concluded). 


Nitrogen. 

Phosphoric  Acid. 

Potash. 

.i 
'3 

o 

S 
3 

6 

o 

"o 

o 

Total. 

3 

3 

3 

"S 
o 

3 

3 

g 
_d 

Total. 

So-called 
"Available." 

6 

3 

3 

"3 
o 

<u 

0) 

d 

03 
3 
O 

1 

3 

d 

a 
o 

-a 

<D 

a 

o 

a 
a 
o 

4^ 
a 

3 

D 

O 

73 

C 

d 

o 

a 

CIS 

O 

d 

^; 

d 

.2 

03 

3.95 

4.12 

4.89 

4.00 

5.01 

5.00 

15068 

3.81 

3.71 

10.07 

8.00 

1.40 

1.00 

15069 

4.19 

4.12 

9.07 

8.00 

1.51 

1.00 

15067 

4.53 

4.11 

5.16 

4.00 

4.18 

4.00 

15022 

.71 

0.03 

1.58 

8.32 

8.22 

0.41 

4.75 

2.69 

7.85 

8.00 

5.16 

3.00 

4.30 

4.30 

4.00 

14506 

4.64 

4.93 

10.76 

10.00 

1.10 

4.80 

4.00 

15036 

.09 

0.45 

2. 

22 

2.76 

2.01 
2.47 
2.52 
3.03 
3.72 

1.65 

5.18 

3.33 

1.84 

1.02 
1.10 

10.35 

10.73 

8.79 

9.26 

10.17 

9.43 

8.51 

9'.i5 

8.33 

8.00 

4.18 

4.18 

2.01 

4.32 
3.90 

3.84 

3.78 

3.00 

15070 

14307 
14306 
14305 
14379 
14380 

Quality  of  the  Nitrogen. 

The  solubility  of  the  nitrogen  was  tested  in  every  sample  exam- 
ined, and  in  none  was  evidence  found  of  the  use  of  inferior  am- 
moniates. 

Analyses  Requiring  Special  Notice. 

15110  Chittenden's  Complete  Tobacco  and  Onion  Grower  was    . 
tagged   Potato   Special   with   Four   Per   Cent.    Potash 
through    an    error    at    the    factory    which    was    cor- 
rected. 

15030  Columbia  Guano  Co.'s  Freedom  Guano  was  deficient  in 
all  three  guaranteed  ingredients.  It  is  suggested  that 
two  brands  were  mixed  through  a  mistake  in  tagging. 
All  the  packages  sampled  by  our  agent  bore  the  abov« 
brand. 

14771  Royster's  Fish,  Flesh  and  Fowl  Guano  was  deficient  in 
all  three  guaranteed  ingredients.  The  manufacturer 
felt  that  this  sample  did  not  fairly  represent  the  com- 
position of  this  brand.  A  second  sample  was  therefore 
analyzed,  15358  which  while  defficient  in  potash  more 
nearly  met  the  guaranty. 

15089  A  special  mixture  with  8  per  cent,  of  potash  guaranteed. 
This  sample  was  sent  by  J.  E.  Phelps,  Suffield.  As  it 
failed  to  meet  its  guaranty,  at  the  request  of  the  manu- 
facturer, the  Station  agent  drew  a  sample  in  October 


58  CONNECTICUT   EXPERIMENT   STATION   BULLETIN   223. 

from  12  bags  remaining  in  T.  F.  Devine's  stock.  He 
found  the  bags  wet  on  the  outside,  and  the  resulting 
analysis,  No.  15444,  showing  nitrogen  4.44,  phosphoric 
acid  3.16,  and  potash  7.61  per  cent.,  could  not  have 
represented  the  quality  of  the  goods  as  sold. 


Borax  in  Commercial  Fertilizers. 

Injury  to  farm  crops  caused  by  borax  in  the  fertilizers  used 
was  first  brought  to  serious  attention  by  the  experience  of  corn 
growers  in  Indiana  in  1917.  Later  the  same  trouble  was  reported 
from  the  potato  districts  of  Maine  and  cotton  districts  in  the 
South.  Evidence  indicated  that  injury  followed  the  use  of  fertil- 
izers containing  potash  with  considerable  amounts  of  borax.  The 
damage  was  greatest  where  the  largest  amount  of  potash  had 
been  applied;  and  also  in  fields  where  the  fertilizer  was  drilled 
in  with  the  seed  and  conditions  resulted  which  left  the  seed  in 
contact  with  the  fertilizer  too  long. 

The  explanation  of  how  borax  acts  to  cause  the  effects  noted  is 
largely  speculative  at  the  present  time.  It  has  been  suggested, 
and  it  appears  quite  plausible,  that  borax  unites  with  some  con- 
stituent of  the  nutrient  juices  in  plants  in  such  a  way  as  to  prevent 
or  hinder  the  ready  diffusion  of  food  material  to  the  various  parts 
of  the  plant  system.  Interference  with  enzyme  action  and  other 
causes  have  been  suggested. 

There  are  no  data  upon  which  to  base  an  accurate  statement 
as  to  the  Hmits  of  tolerance  to  borax  exhibited  by  plants.  If 
such  limits  were  definitely  estabhshed  they  would  be  modified  by 
varying  field  conditions.  It  was  with  a  view  to  insuring  an  ample 
margin  of  safety  that  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  issued  an  order^ 
concerning  borax  in  mixed  fertilizers  which  limited  the  amount 
of  boron,  expressed  as  anhydrous  borax,  in  any  fertilizer  or  fer- 
tiHzer  ingredient  sold  for  apphcation  to  the  soil  to  one-tenth  of 
one  per  cent,  unless  the  goods  so  sold  were  plainly  marked  to 
show  the  amount  present. 

During  the  past  season  all  mixed  fertihzers  and  potash  and 
nitrate  salts  inspected  by  this  Station  have  been  examined  for 
borax.  Preliminary  qualitative  tests  were  made  and  these  were 
followed  by  quantitative  determinations  in  suspicious  cases. 

The  quahtative  test  employed  was  substantially  that  proposed 
by  Bartlett^  but  modified  in  this  laboratory^  in  that  the  fertilizer 
suspension  was  more  strongly  acidified  and  the  turmeric  strips 
were  dried  out  at  room  temperature  to  avoid  the  charring  due  to 
hydrochloric  acid  at  the  temperature  of  boiling  water. 


1  S.  R.  A.,  Bureau  of  Soils,  Dec.  23,  1919. 

2  Maine  Experiment  Station. 

3  By  Mr.  C.  E.  Shepard. 


BOEAX   IN    COMMEECIAL   FERTILIZERS.  59 

Our  procedure  is  as  follows : 

Digest  about  5  grams  of  fertilizer  with  lOcc  of  water  for  10  minutes 
on  a  steam  bath.  Acidify  with  2cc  of  concentrated  hydrochloric  acid,  stir  ■ 
thoroughly  and  allow  to  settle.  Moisten  a  strip  of  turmeric  paper  with 
the  supernatant  liquid  and  allow  to  dry  at  room  temperature  or  in  a 
desiccator  if  the  atmosphere  is  humid.  Oolor  due  to  boric  acid  is  generally 
indicated  in  about  10  minutes  and  results  may  be  noted  within  an  hour. 

For  the  quantitative  determination  of  borax  the  methods  of 
Ross  and  Deemer^  and  of  J.  M.  Bartlett^  have  been  used  with 
about  equally  satisfactory  results. 

None  of  the  brands  examined  at  this  Station  during  the  past 
season  contained  borax  in  an  amount  likely  to  be  injurious  to 
crops  unless  applied  close  to  the  seed  in  large  amounts,  say  2,000 
pounds  per  acre. 

The  brands  in  wliich  more  than  one-tenth  per  cent,  of  borax 
was  found  were  the  following: 

Per  cent. 
Borax. 

15043  Hubbard's  Noxall  Guano 0.22 

14742  Mapes'  General  Truck  Manure 0.17 

14653  Mapes'  Potato  Manure  1916  Brand 0.12 

14883  R.  &  H.'s  Hubbard's  Bone  Base  Oats  and  Top  Dressing.  .  0.19 

15123  Wilcox  Fertihzer  Co.'s  Fish  and  Potash 0.14 

14723  Wilcox  Fertilizer  Co.'s  Potato  and  Vegetable  Phosphate.  0.18 

During  the  winter  and  spring  the  Stations  in  the  Northeastern 
States  co-operated  in  carrying  out  elaborate  potato  experiments 
with  corn,  beans  and  potatoes,  to  study  the  action  of  borax  on 
the  growth  of  these  crops.  This  experiment  was  conducted  at  the 
Vermont  Station  through  the  co-operation  of  Dr.  J.  L.  Hills,  Direc- 
tor, and  was  in  direct  charge  of  Mr.  J.  R.  Neller. 

A  full  account  of  this  work  is  not  yet  ready  for  pubhcation. 
Some  of  the  more  important  results  are  briefly  as  follows: 

Borax-containing  fertilizers  applied  below  the  seed  are  much 
more  Kable  to  injure  them  than  applied  above  the  seed  or  broad- 
cast. 

One  or  two  pounds  of  borax  in  the  fertihzer  were  not  harmful 
to  either  crop,  whether  broadcast  or  applied  in  the  drill,  but  it 
was  not  conclusively  shown  that  the  five-pound  application  in 
the  drill  was  harmless.  Ten  and  twenty  pounds  of  borax  per 
acre  were  certainly  injurious  or  ruinous. 

Lime  and  gypsum,  as  well  as  manure,  seemed  partially  to  neu- 
tralize the  poisonous  action. 

HOME-MIXED  NITROGENOUS  SUPERPHOSPHATES. 

14782.  Mixed  by  the  Apothecaries  Hall  Co.,  Waterbury,  to 
order  of  the  A.  E.  Plant  Sons  Co.,  Branford.  200  lbs.  nitrate  of 
soda,  900  lbs.  tankage,  900  lbs.  phosphate. 

^  Respectively,  Bureau  of  Soils  and  Bureau  of  Plant  Industry  Washing- 
ton, D.  C. 

2  Maine  Experiment  Station. 


60 


CONNECTICUT   EXPERIMENT   STATION   BULLETIN   223. 


15142.  Mixed  by  the  Apothecaries  Hall  Co.,  Waterbury,  to 
order  of  Paul  Cavanna,  South  Glastonbury.  2,800  lbs.  nitrate  of 
soda,  2,800  lbs.  bone  tankage  (3-50),  4,200  lbs.  acid  phosphate, 
4,200  lbs.  cottonseed  meal. 

15092,  15094,  15095,  15097,  15099,  15101,  15102  and  15103. 
Mixed  by  A.  L.  Koster,  Suffield,  to  order  of  the  American  Sumatra 
Tobacco  Co.,  Hartford.  Each  analysis  represents  a  sample  taken 
from  a  car  lot. 

14713.  Made  by  V.  E.  Lucchini,  Mericlen.  Acid  phosphate, 
nitrate  of  soda  and  tankage. 

14714.  Made  by  V.  E.  Lucchini,  Meriden.  Acid  phosphate, 
nitrate  of  soda  and  tankage. 

14427.  Mixed  by  Olds  &  Whipple,  Hartford,  to  order  of  Amer- 
ican Sumatra  Tobacco  Co.,  Hartford. 

15096.  Mixed  by  Olds  &  Whipple,  Hartford,  to  order  of  Amer- 
ican Sumatra  Tobacco  Co.,  Hartford. 

15098.  Mixed  by  Olds  &  Whipple,  Hartford,  to  order  of  Amer- 
ican Sumatra  Tobacco  Co.,  Hartford. 

15100.  Mixed  by  Olds  &  Whipple,  Hartford,  to  order  of  Amer- 
ican Sumatra  Tobacco  Co.,  Hartford. 


Table  IX.     Analyses  of  Home-Mixed  Nitrogenous  Superphosphates. 


Nitrogen 

Phosphoric 

Acid. 

Potash. 

d 

d 
o 

<a 

»2 

0) 

'a 

a 

A 

'3 
o 

a 
s 

a 

'g 

6 

Si 

3 

C 

•as 

O 

-0 

a 

O 

"3 
-.^ 

o 

6 
1 

u 
a 

3 

CD 
o3 

o 

3 

"o 
a 
i> 

O 

a 

O 

"3 

o 

-    o 
xn 

e 
< 

•a 
a 

O 

"3 
o 
H 

14782 

1.83 
2.39 

0.14 
None 

0.74     1.30 
2.31 

4.01 
4.70 

6.36 

2.28 

3.79 
4.81 

4.23 
0.59 

14.38 

7.68 

10.15 
7.09 

15142 

0.62 

0.86 

15092 

None 

1.08 

4.26 

5.34 

0.92 

4.83 

0.92 

6.67 

5.75 

1.73 

4.31 

15094 

0.81 

1.01 

3.62 

5.44 

1.01 

5.44 

1.43 

7.88 

6.45 

1.62 

4.17 

15095 

0.91 

0.80 

3.17 

4.88 

1.10 

5.89 

1.73 

8.72 

6.99 

2.13 

3.80 

15097 

0.70 

1.00 

3.33 

5.03 

0.81 

5.26 

1.82 

7.89 

6.07 

1.42 

3.98 

15099 

0.97 

0.77 

3.62 

5.36 

0.82 

5.51 

0.96 

7.29 

6.33 

1.62 

4.58 

15101 

0.80 

0.72 

3.77 

5.29 

0.88 

5.17 

0.83 

6.88 

6.05 

1.20 

3.58 

15102 

0.69 

1.00 

3.15 

4.84 

0.86 

5.12 

1.89 

7.87 

5.98 

1.46 

4.24 

15103 

0.90 

0.75 

3.08 

4.73 

0.72 

4.98 

1.45 

7.15 

5.70 

1.54 

4.40 

14713 

5.33 
4.19 
5.99 

6.40 

4.63 
4.68 
0.50 

1.30 

4.07 
4.49 
5.61 

4.37 

4.63 
5.00 
0.17 

0.19 

13.33 
14.17 

6.28 

5.86 

8.70 
9.17 
6.11 

5.67 

14714 

14427 

0.52 

1.37 

15096 

0.77 

0.07 

5.56 

1.33 

15098 

0..57 

0.07 

5.34 

5.98 

1.17 

4.51 

0.23 

5.91 

5.68 

0.70 

1.40 

15100 

0.72 

0.04 

5.34 

6.10 

1.29 

4.52 

0.20 

6.01 

5.81 

0.53 

1.45 

SHEEP   MANURE.  61 

VI.    MISCELLANEOUS  FERTILIZERS  AND  WASTE 
PRODUCTS. 

TOBACCO  STEMS  AND  DUST. 

Four  samples  were  analyzed  as  follows: 

14382.  Tobacco  Stems.  Sent  by  the  Everett  B.  Clark  Seed 
Co.,  Milford. 

14309.  Stem  Butts.     Sent  by  Morgan  &  Dickinson,  Windsor. 

14310.  Tobacco  Dust.     Sent  by  J.  N.  Root,  W.  Suffield. 
14429.     Tobacco  Stems.     Sent  by  Gordon  Scholes,  Warehouse 

Point. 

Analyses  op  Tobacco  Stems  and  Dust. 

Station  No 14382  14309  14310  14429 

Nitrogen 2.28  1.59i  2.202  3.13 

Phosphoric  acid 0.32  0.40  0.47         

Potash  (total) 4.86  4.50  2.14  7.86 

^0.47  nitrogen  in  nitrates. 

2  0.66  nitrogen  in  nitrates. 

LIME-FERTILE  AND  NITRO-FERTILE. 

14485.  Lime-Fertile,  made  by  Fertile  Chemical  Co.,  Cleve- 
land, Ohio.     Stock  of  A.  R.  Brewer,  Hartford. 

14538.  Nitro-Fertile,  made  by  Fertile  Chemical  Co.,  Cleve- 
land, Ohio.     Stock  of  Church  &  Morse,  Meriden. 

Analyses  of  Lime-Fertile  and  Nitro-Feetile. 
Station  No 14485  14538 

Found    Guaranteed  Found  Guaranteed 

Nitrogen  as  nitrates 1.12  .... 

Nitrogen  (total) 2.08  2.00 

Phosphoric  acid 3.17        3.00  3.48  3.00 

Potash  calculated  as  sulphate 1.71  .... 

Potash  calculated  as  muriate 2.60  .... 

Potash  (total) 4.31  3.00 

Lime 28.65       

Nitro-fertile  is  a  solution  for  use  on  potted  plants,  costing  35 
cents  per  half-pint,  and  Lime-fertile  is  also  sold  in  small  packages, 
five  pounds  for  25  cents.  The  plant  food  in  a  package,  at  the 
ordinary  rates  for  fertilizers,  is  worth  at  most  about  23^  cents. 

SHEEP  MANURE. 

Nine  samples  were  analyzed  as  follows: 

14519.  Pulverized  Sheep  Manure.  Sold  by  American  Agri- 
cultural Chemical  Co.,  New  York  City.  Stock  of  Southington 
Lumber  Co.,  Southington. 

14521.  Liberty  Brand  Sheep  Manure.  Sold  by  Apothecaries 
Hall  Co.,  Waterbury.     Sampled  at  factory. 


62 


CONNECTICUT   EXPERIMENT   STATION   BULLETIN   223. 


15159.  Sheep  Manure.  Berkshire  Fertz.  Co.,  Bridgeport.  Sam- 
pled at  factory. 

15108.  Rams  Head  Brand.  Sold  by  Joseph  Breck  &  Sons 
Corp.,  Boston.     Stock  of  G.  M.  Williams  Co.,  New  London. 

14613.  Magic  Brand  Pulverized  Sheep  Manure.  Sold  by  Chi- 
cago Feed  &  Fertz.  Co.,  Chicago,  111.  Stock  of  Blish  Hardware 
Co.,  South  Manchester. 

14770.  "Sheep's  Head"  Pulverized  Sheep  Manure.  Sold  by 
Natural  Guano  Co.,  Aurora,  111.  Stock  of  Cadwell  &  Jones,  Hart- 
ford. 

15041.  Groz-It  Brand  Sheej)  Manure.  Sold  by  Pacific  Manure 
and  FertiHzer  Co.,  San  Francisco,  CaUf.  Stock  of  F.  M.  Cole, 
Putnam. 

14523.  Wizard  Brand  Sheep  Manure.  Sold  by  Pulverized 
Manure  Co.,  Chicago,  111.     Stock  of  S.  P.  Strople,  New  Britain. 

14579.  Sheep  Manure.  Sold  by  S.  D.  Woodruff  &  Sons, 
Orange.     Stock  of  Rackliffe  Bros  Co.,  New  Britain. 

Table  X.     Analyse's  op  Sheep  Manure. 


Station  No 

Per  cent,  of 

Nitrogen  as  nitrates 

"  "    ammonia 

"  organic 

"  total  found .... 

"  "  guaranteed. 

Phosphoric  acid,  water- 
soluble 

Phosphoric  acid,  citrate- 
soluble 

Phosphoric  acid,  citrate- 
insoluble  

Phosphoric  acid,  total  found 

Phosphoric  acid,  total  guar- 
teed. 

Water-soluble  potash  found . 

Water-soluble  potash  guar- 
anteed   

Chlorine 

Cost  per  ton 


14519 

14521 

15159 

15108 

14613 

14770 

15041 

14523 

None 
0.45 
2.25 
2.70 
2.06 

0.14 
0.09 
1.32 
1.55 
1.50 

0.12 
0.18 
1.91 
2.21 
1.70 

'  0.56 
2.09 
2.59 
1.84 

0.14 
0.09 
1.47 
1.70 

1.85 

None 
0.40 
2.10 
2.50 
2.25 

0.17 
0.05 
1.28 
1.50 
1.84 

None 
0.10 
1.65 
1.75 
1.80 

0.98 

0.26 

0.13 

0.94 

0.06 

0.95 

0.11 

0.34 

0.55 

0.45 

1.70 

0.77 

0.67 

0.84 

0.73 

0.77 

0.12 
1.65 

0.17 

0.88 

0.10 
1.93 

0.09 
1.80 

0.19 
0.92 

0.13 
1.92 

0.03 

0.87 

0.14 
1.25 

1.25 
2.37 

■  1.00 
3.36 

1.00 
2.14 

1.25 
2.43 

1.43 
3.57 

1.25 
2.60 

1.25 
3.39 

1.00 
2.17 

1.00 

0.89 

$33.00 

2.00 

1.58 

35.00 

1.00 
40.66 

3.00 

0.84 
65.00 

1.25 

2.30 

50.00 

1.50 

0.53 

48.00 

3.00 

1.73 

48.00 

1.00 

0.44 

57.00 

14579 

0.11 
0.19 
1.31 
1.61 
1.50 

0.24 

0.57 

0.14 
0.95 

1.00 
3.20 

2.50 

1.86 

55.00 


14613.  Magic  Brand,  and  15041  Groz-It  Brand,  fail  to  meet 
their  guaranties  of  nitrogen  and  phosphoric  acid. 

Sheep  manure,  being  fine  and  dry,  is  well  adapted  to  greenhouse 
work  and  for  a  dressing  for  lawns. 

A  comparison  with  New  York  horse  manure  is  as  follows : 

Pounds  of  the  ingredients  named  in  one  ton. 


WOOD   ASHES.  63 

Sheep  Manure       Horse  Manure 

Organic  matter .  1426  540 

Nitrogen 40  13 

Phosphoric  acid 27  9 

Potash 56  12 

Three  and  one-half  tons  of  horse  manure  contain  on  the  aver- 
age as  much  plant  food  as  does  one  ton  of  sheep  manure. 

The  prices  quoted  by  dealers  range  from  $33  to  $65  per  ton, 
the  higher  prices  probably  are  quoted  for  sales  in  small  quantities. 

It  is  doubtful  if  sheep  manure  will  promote  bacterial  activity 
in  the  soil  as  effectively  as  fresh  manures,  but  if  the  cost  of  fresh 
manure  rises  much  further  the  dried  manures  may  come  into  use 
on  the  farm  where  it  is  felt  that  manure  must  be  used. 

LIME  AND  LIME-KILN  ASHES. 

14235.  Agricultural  Lime.  Sold  by  Grangers'  Agricultural 
Lime  Co.,  West  Stockbridge,  Mass.  Sent  by  E.  H.  Ocain,  Falls 
Village. 

14629.     Lime.     Sent  by  Raymond  Bros.,  South  Nor  walk. 

14803.  Ground  Limestone.  Sold  by  the  Stearns  Lime  Co., 
Danbury.    Sent  by  C.  R.  Treat,  Orange. 

15161.     Lime-Kiln  Ashes.     Sent  by  A.  B.  Smith,  Clinton ville. 

Analyses  of  Lime  and  Lime-Kiln  Ashes. 

Station  No 14235       14629       14803  15161 

Water-soluble  potash 2.17 

Lime 39.74        37.50        38.56  41.34 

Insol.  in  acid 13.58     25.68  14.71 

14803  was  stated  by  Mr.  Treat  to  have  a  guaranty  of  45  per 
cent,  calcium  oxide  and  75  per  cent,  to  pass  a  100-mesh  screen. 
Only  60  per  cent,  of  the  sample  passed  such  a  screen. 

The  manufacturers  state  that  the  hard  winter  and  the  great 
demand  for  lime  made  it  necessary  to  fill  orders  as  best  they 
could,  and  some  hme  of  inferior  quality  hke  14803  got  shipped 
out  which  was  quite  inferior  to  the  normal  product. 

In  the  last  ten  years  ten  analyses  of  hme  from  this  firm  show 
percentages  of  lime  ranging  from  43.44  to  47.36  and  averaging 
45.43  per  cent,  of  lime,  equivalent  to  81.1  per  cent,  of  calcium 
carbonate,  with  3.23  per  cent,  of  magnesia. 

WOOD  ASHES. 

In  a  table,  page  65,  are  given  analyses  of  wood  ashes. 

15106  is  from  the  furnace  of  the  Cheshire  Mill. 

14646  was  sent  by  R.  S.  Griswold,  who  stated  that  the  ashes 
were  bought  of  A.  E.  Dickenson  &  Co.,  of  Essex,  with  a  guaranty 
that  they  should  be  as  good  as  those  bought  the  year  before. 


64  CONNECTICUT   EXPERIMENT   STATION   BULLETIN   223. 

This  sample  contained  32.18  per  cent,  of  insoluble  matter  and 
only  1.31  per  cent,  of  water-soluble  potash. 

Later  the  sampling  agent  of  the  Station  drew  a  sample  of  these 
ashes  at  Mr.  Griswold's  request,  the  analysis  of  which  appears 
as  No.  15086. 

Ten  car  lots  of  ashes  from  John  Joynt,  Lucknow,  Can.,  six 
of  them  sold  to  the  American  Sumatra  Tobacco  Co.,  Nos.  14844 
to  14848  and  15093,  and  four  other  car  lots,  Nos.  14252,  14467, 
14985  and  15017,  were  of  excellent  quality. 

But  three  other  samples  from  the  same  dealer  were  of  very 
inferior  composition,  14513,  14888  and  14984. 

15367  from  Geo.  Stevens,  Peterborough,  Can.,  is  not  unleached 
hard  wood  ashes. 

At  $5.50  per  unit,  potash  in  wood  ashes  costs  27  cents  per  pound, 
at  $6.00  per  unit,  potash  costs  30  cents  per  pound.  This  is  about 
double  the  cost  in  potash  salts  mentioned  on  page  25.  Ashes, 
however,  contain  1.5  to  2.0  per  cent,  of  phosphoric  acid  and  about 
30  per  cent,  of  lime  in  form  of  carbonate,  which  add  considerably 
to  their  value. 

14987.  Phos-Pho-Germ.  Made  by  the  American  Nitro-Phos- 
pho  Corporation,  80  Lafayette  St.,  New  York  City. 

It  is  claimed  to  be  a  mixture  of  humus,  raw  phosphate,  lime, 
wood  ashes,  sulphur  and  various  bacterial  foods,  and  inoculated 
with  many  strains  of  vigorous,  beneficial  soil  bacteria. 

The  sample  drawn  by  a  Station  agent  from  stock  of  George 
Yuengling,  New  Canaan,  had  a  guaranty  of  0.82  per  cent,  nitro- 
gen, 8.00  per  cent  phosphoric  acid,  of  which  0.25  is  available, 
and  0.15  per  cent,  of  potash. 

The  analysis  is  as  follows: 

Per  cent,  of 

Nitrogen 0.50% 

Available  phosphoric  acid 1.16 

Total  phosphoric  acid 17.27 

Potash 0.22 

Cost  per  ton $45.00 

It  fails  to  meet  its  guaranty  of  nitrogen.  The  plant  food  in 
a  ton  of  it  is,  liberally  estimated,  worth  about  $15.  Whether  the 
"vigorous,  beneficial  soil  bacteria"  in  a  ton  of  it  are  worth  $30, 
the  difference  between  the  value  of  the  plant  food  and  the  ton 
price,  may  well  be  doubted. 

A  sample  stated  to  be  Cocoon  Dust,  15214,  sent  by  the 
National  Spun  Silk  Co.  of  New  Bedford,  Mass.,  contained  8.99  per 
cent,  of  nitrogen  in  fairly  soluble  and  available  condition,  1.41 
per  cent,  of  phosphoric  acid  and  0.25  per  cent,  of  potash  with 
83.13  per  cent,  of  organic  matter;  apparently  an  excellent  nitrog- 
enous fertilizer. 

15210.  Wool  Waste  from  A.  B.  Smith,  Clintcnville.  Con- 
tained 1.35  per  cent,  nitrogen,  probably  in  inert  form. 


WOOD  ASHES. 


65 


Table  XI.     Analyses  op  Wood  Ashes. 


Car  No.  and  Dealer  or  Purchaser. 


a3 


Car  C.  G.  R.  No.  250022     Frank  Bailey,  Barre, 

Vt.     Frank  N.  Brockett,  Suffield 

Conn.  Brass  &  Mfg.  Corp.,  Waterbury 

E.  E.  Dickenson  &  Co.     R.  S.  Griswold,   Weth- 

crsficld 
E.  E.  Dickenson  &  Co.'  '  R.'s.'  Griswold,'  'We'th- 

ersfield 

Car  No.  201591.     John  Joynt,  Lucknow,  Ont. 

American  Sumatra  Tobacco  Co.,  Bloomfield.. 
Car  No.  19698.     John  Joynt,  Lucknow,  Ont. 

American  Sumatra  Tobacco  Co.,  Bloomfield.. 
Car  No.  16567.     John  Joynt,  Lucknow,  Ont. 

American  Sumatra  Tobacco  Co.,  Bloomfield.. 
Car  No.  6920.     John  Joynt,  Lucknow,  Ont. 

American  Sumatra  Tobacco  Co.,  Bloomfield.. 
Car    No.    4067.     John   Joynt,    Lucknow,    Ont. 

American  Sumatra  Tobacco  Co.,  Bloomfield. . 
Car  No.    11609.     John  Joynt,   Lucknow,   Ont. 

John  Wolf,  Windsor 

Car  No.   80633.     John  Joynt,   Lucknow,   Ont. 

J.  N.  Lasbury,  Broad  Brook 

John  Joynt,  Lucknow,  Ont.     A.  D.  Bridge  Sons 

Co.,  Hazardville 

Car  No.  243740.     John  Joynt,  Lucknow,  Ont. 

Geo.  T.  Soule,  New  Milford 

John   Joynt,    Lucknow,    Ont.     Geo.    T.    Soule, 

New  Milford 

Car  No.   84738.     John  Joynt,   Lucknow,   Ont. 

N.  Jones,  South  Windsor 

Car  No.   50110.     John  Joynt,   Lucknow,   Ont. 

N.  Jones,  South  Windsor 

Car  No.    10301.     John  Joynt,   Lucknow,   Ont. 

American  Sumatra  Tobacco  Co.,  Hartford.  .  . 
Geo.  Stevens,  Peterborough,  Can.      F.  W.  Jud- 

son,  Waterbury 

From  Chase  Metal  Works,    Waterbury.     Sent 

by  A.  F.  Greene,    Woodbury 


21.78 
7.96 

32.18 


20.50 
10.40 
12.90 
16.69 
15.12 
10.04 
12.65 
25.41 
27.58 
21.34 
13.30 
23.35 
13.34 
16.22 
9.08 


4.20 
4.72 

1.31 

1.84 

6.05 

5.63 

7.18 

6.50 

6.63 

4.79 

4.96 

1.42 

0.52 

0.85 

5.72 

4.63 

6.56 

0.88 

5.49 


25.85 
43.76 

16.37 

16.82 

30.24 

36.98 

34.80 

31.74 

32.00 

31.67 

28.03 

18.55 

21.21 

28.70 

31.64 

26.18 

34.27 


1.47 
2.70 

1.54 

1.71 

2.02 

2.24 

2.26 

2.19 

2.41 

1.00 

1.59 

0.58 

1.66 

1.33 

2.02 

2.26 

2.06 

3.99 

1.61 


$25.00 


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.50  per  unit  of  water-soluble  potash. 


.00  per  unit  of  water-soluble  potash. 


14753.  Stated  to  be  "a  factory  waste."  Sent  by  F.  A.  Jordan, 
Woodstock.  Contained  7.63  per  cent,  of  nitrogen,  .40  per  cent, 
of  which  was  in  form  of  ammonia  and  all  of  which  appeared  to 
be  in  available  form. 

14939.  Stated  to  be  Chili  Saltpeter.  Guaranteed  15.50  per 
cent,  nitrogen  and  17.20  per  cent,  potash. 


66  CONNECTICUT   EXPERIMENT   STATION   BULLETIN   223. 

It  contained  11.38  per  cent,  of  nitrogen,  17.05  per  cent,  of  potash, 
and  0.38  per  cent,  of  borax.  It  is  apparently  a  waste  product  from 
the  refining  of  nitrate  of  soda. 

14940.  Stated  to  be  a  residue  from  a  Welsbach  burner  factory 
and  sent  by  Prof.  Browning  of  Yale  University.     It  contained: 

Water-soluble  phosphoric  acid 0.50% 

Gitrate-soluble  phosphoric  acid . 16.90 

Citrate-insoluble  phosphoric  acid 10.78 

Total  phosphoric  acid 28.18 

14916.  Stated  to  be  a  solution  in  which  refuse  rubber  is  heated 
under  steam  pressure. 

It  had  a  sp.  gr.  of  1.017,  contained  2.86  per  cent,  of  solid  matter, 
1.21  per  cent,  of  potash  and  a  little  combined  sulphur.  Of  no 
value  as  an  insecticide  or  fungicide. 

13575.  Thought  to  be  wood  ashes,  contained  33.63  per  cent, 
of  insoluble  matter,  0.77  per  cent,  of  phosphoric  acid  and  0.45 
of  potash. 

14937.  A  sample  of  fresh  menhaden  fish.  They  contain  an 
average  of  water  77.0  per  cent.,  oil  4.00  per  cent.,  nitrogen  1.5, 
phosphoric  acid  1.5,  and  potash  0.3  per  cent. 

14399.  A  mixture  of  several  brands  of  fertilizer.  Sent  by  F. 
J.  Harrison,  Waterbury.  Contained  0.88  per  cent,  nitrogen,  14.90 
of  phosphoric  acid  and  0.07  of  potash. 

Five  other  samples  were  examined  qualitatively,  but  have  no 
general  interest  of  importance. 


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